Black Holes

How are black holes created?

• When a massive star implodes

• From a gamma ray burst

• From a nebula of gas and dust in space

• From nothing in interstellar space

Check all that are true about black holes

• They can swallow entire stars

• We can see black holes

• Not even light can escape their gravity

• They're at the center of most galaxies

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Where is the nearest supermassive black hole?

• At the center of our solar system

• At the center of our galaxy

• Not near our galaxy of solar system

• On the other end of the universe

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What's the most massive object in the universe?

• moon

• planet

• star

• black hole

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Which is the largest type of black hole?

• Stellar black holes

• Massive black holes

• Supermassive black holes

• Ridiculously supermassive black holes

Stellar black holes are how many times bigger than our Sun?

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 100

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Supermassive black holes are how many times more massive than our Sun?

• 100

• 1,000

• 100,000

• 1,000,000

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If an astronaut explored a black hole for an hour then returned to the spaceship what would have changed

• They would have aged faster than the rest of the crew

• They would have ages slower than the rest of the crew

• They would have aged at the same rate

What's the boundary of a black hole called?

• The outside

• The point of singularity

• The event horizon

• The encasing

Humans can currently travel close to black holes to study them.

• True

• False

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