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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: The Smoking Gun, Experimental Signatures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following accurately describes the phenomenon of "quantum tunneling"?
(a) Some particles are linked together, no matter how much space separates them.
(b) Particles can sometimes "borrow" energy to move in ways impossible in classical physics.
(c) Particles with high energy can vanish in one location, instantly appearing in another.
(d) High-energy waves can penetrate the fabric of space-time for very short periods of time.

2. In the 1800s, James Clerk Maxwell used a new mathematical framework to unite _____.
(a) Magnetism and light.
(b) Magnetism and gravity.
(c) Electricity and magnetism.
(d) Nuclear forces and gravity.

3. Which of the following best describes a fermion?
(a) The supersymmetric version of a proton.
(b) A messenger particle for a force.
(c) A particle of matter.
(d) The super-partner of a proton.

4. String theory claims that super particles _____.
(a) Are the only non-string particles.
(b) Come in pairs.
(c) Are massless.
(d) Do not exist.

5. How many family groups are the elementary particles divided into?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is closest to the Planck length?

2. Which of the following was the first string theory?

3. Which of the following is a correct statement, based on the theory of special relativity?

4. What rule did Max Planck discover the electromagnetic waves bounded in a container, such as an oven, must follow?

5. What is the quantum, or messenger particle, of gravity?

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