The Universe in a Nutshell Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Universe in a Nutshell Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Universe in a Nutshell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is intuitive to think about the "ground state" or stationary state of an object?
(a) This object would have zero energy.
(b) This object would thrive in a black hole.
(c) This object would have two energies.
(d) This object would have multiple energies.

2. What does Hawking resist believing in?
(a) Never-ending dimensions.
(b) Ten dimensions.
(c) One dimension.
(d) Extra dimensions.

3. Who believed they could interpret General Relativity so time had an infinite past and an infinite future?
(a) Lifshitz and Khalatnikov.
(b) Hawking and Penrose.
(c) Shalob and Khalatnikov.
(d) Lucas and Marx.

4. What may the universe not have, given quantum mechanics?
(a) Five histories.
(b) Infinite knowledge.
(c) A single history or every possible history.
(d) A beginning and an ending.

5. What do we need to describe what happens on the edge of the universe?
(a) Limited perceptions.
(b) Boundary laws.
(c) Finite structures.
(d) Boundary conditions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the philosopher Immanuel Kant worry about concerning time and Newton's model?

2. Where did Einstein receive his degree?

3. Why is it important that the sky is dark?

4. What were Fat Man and Little Boy dropped on in 1945?

5. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?

(see the answer key)

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