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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Isaac Newton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Laplace, at the beginning of the 19th century, postulated what idea?
(a) Scientific communication.
(b) Scientific determinism.
(c) Scientific experiments.
(d) Scientific knowledge.

2. Why do researchers want to find black holes?
(a) To prevent the orbits of earth and other possible earth-like worlds from entering them.
(b) To explain gravitational forces that the mass of the universe cannot explain.
(c) To explain strage gravitational orbits of planets in bianary star systems.
(d) To prevent space travelers from entering them.

3. What question is among the unanswerable questions children ask, according to the Introduction?
(a) What happens when we die?
(b) Why is there a universe?
(c) Why does time only go in one direction?
(d) Why are we here?

4. Hawking is what type of physicist?
(a) Theoretical.
(b) Micro.
(c) Astro.
(d) Particle.

5. Who brought forth the idea that the earth and planets revolve around the sun?
(a) Copernicus.
(b) Ptolemy.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Galileo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the idea that a star can collapse and become a black hole?

2. Stars without enough mass to become a black hole can become what?

3. Which virtual particle carries the electromagnetic force?

4. Who said, "Physics as we know it will be over in six months."

5. What is the name of Issac Newton's famous book?

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