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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Black Holes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What star system has a fairly certain black hole?
(a) Lythia X-1.
(b) Pegasus X-2.
(c) Marlin X-2.
(d) Cygnus X-1.

2. Who published a paper on Brownian motion in 1905?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Murray Gell-Mann.
(c) James Chadwick.
(d) Ernest Rutherford.

3. Which virtual particle carries the electromagnetic force?
(a) Proton.
(b) Photon.
(c) Electron.
(d) Magnetron.

4. Black holes are similar to the singularity that existed before what event?
(a) The expansion of the universe.
(b) The destruction of cluster galaxies.
(c) The big bang.
(d) The creation of the earth.

5. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?
(a) His emotions.
(b) His ability to reason.
(c) His body.
(d) His mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. As an observer's velocity comes close to the speed of light, the observer's mass does what?

2. Galileo found the moons of what planet using his telescope?

3. A black hole results from a large star using up what type of fuel?

4. Aristotle thought that the Earth was what?

5. How close is the closest star, other than the sun, to earth?

(see the answer key)

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