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Astrophysics

Authored by Jeffrey Hindman

Physics

11th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The point of no return near a black hole past which not even light can escape is the...

singularity
event horizon

jet

accretion disk

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Where does all the mass that created a black hole go? 

event horizon

accretion disk

singularity

jets

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is at the center of most (maybe all) galaxies?

Stellar mass black hole
Supermassive black hole

Neutron star

Nothing

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What does LIGO detect?

Visible Light

X-rays

Radio Waves

Gravitational Waves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How fast do gravitational waves travel?  

instantaneously

faster than the speed of light

slower than the speed of light

at the speed of light

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

If the Sun suddenly disappeared how long would it take to affect Earth's orbit?

instantaneously
8 minutes

it never would

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What would happen to Earth's orbit if the Sun collapsed to a black hole?

it would get sucked into it
it would get flung out of its orbit
nothing
it would explode

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

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