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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Edwin Hubble's observation that the universe is expanding supports what theory?

2. The only constant in the universe is what?

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

4. What is the unit of measurement for particle energy?

5. Who discovered the theory of gravity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stops quantum mechanics from explaining everything in the universe?

2. What is one way that scientists determine that subatomic particles exist?

3. What do religious explanations to fundamental questions of the universe reveal?

4. What is the difference between the Aristotelian approach to science and Galileo's approach?

5. Why can nothing move faster than the speed of light according to the theory of relativity?

6. The mathematical formulas that result from a scientific model of the universe must do what?

7. What could cause the expansion of the universe to go on forever?

8. Light behaves in which two manners?

9. Due to the influences of mass and energy, light does what?

10. What model of the atom persisted until the 1960's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hawking often compares and contrasts science and God. Using examples from the text: What is the purpose of comparing and contrasting science and God?

Essay Topic 2

Black holes exist in math, but not in observational reality. What does this mean for the evolution of ideas that scientists accept the idea of a new creation purely by seeing the math work? What does Hawking say about the evolution of ideas without observational proof? Please use the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Based on your reading of the book, why does humanity try to understand the universe and what progress has humanity made in understanding it? Please support your answers with examples from the text.

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