SCIENCE AND THE SENSE OF WONDER

Science just sucks all the beauty of the universe, reducing it all to numbers and tables and measurements.

• True

• False

The trouble is that Whitman is talking through his hat, but the poor soul did not know any better.

• True

• False

There are worlds with thick atmospheres of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid.

• True

• False

Some of the bright spots are compacted bodies as massive as our sun, but with all that mass squeezed into a ball smaller than the earth.

• True

• False

There are stars that pulsate endlessly in great cosmic breathing.

• True

• False

What does the narrator do not deny?

• The night sky is awesome.

• The night sky has millions of stars.

• The night sky is amazing.

• None.

What does the narrator think about the bright spots in the sky?

• He thinks they are planets.

• He thinks they are worlds.

• He thinks they are suns.

• None.

What does happen to a star when it runs off of light?

• It has consumed its fuel.

• It had been absorbed by a black hole.

• None.

What will happen to the earth billions of years from now?

• The sun will expand and burn down the earth.

• The sun will expand and the earth will keep on.

• The sun will expand and burn up the earth.

• None.

What is the name of our galaxy?

• Milky Way Galaxy.

• Andromeda Galaxy.

• Alfa Centaury Galaxy.