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Black holes

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Are any black holes close to Earth?

a)

yes

b)

no

2.

how far is the closest black holes to earth?

a)

seven thousand light-years away

b)

nine thousand light-years away

c)

twenty thousand light-years away

d)

fifty thousand light-years away

3.

Will our Sun become a black hole?

a)

no

b)

the sun is too big

c)

yes

4.

What is the biggest black hole?

a)

3.8 times the mass of our sun

b)

12.3 times the mass of our sun

c)

6.6 billion times the mass of the Sun

d)

10.43 billion times the mass of the Sun

5.

What happens when you get close to a black hole?

a)

nothing

b)

depend on the size and mass of the black hole

c)

i don't know

6.

What is a black hole?

a)

a new star

b)

a star that has collapsed inward from its own weight.

c)

a place where money apparently disappear without trace.

7.

Can anything escape from a black hole?

a)

yes

b)

no

8.

How many black holes are there?

a)

under several dozen

b)

over several dozen

c)

several dozen

9.

How can a black hole's own gravity, but not light, escape from it?

a)

a warp in space-time

b)

magic

10.

what year did people come up with the name black hole

a)

1850s

b)

1860s

c)

1960s

d)

1950s

11.

who discovered black holes

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

karl schwarzschild

c)

Johannes Kepler

d)

Annie Jump Cannon

12.

Will our universe become a black hole?

a)

no

b)

definitely

c)

yes

d)

Unlikely

13.

how many types of black holes are there

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

1

14.

how long would it take for a black hole the mass of the Sun to evaporate?

a)

57 years

b)

100 years

c)

10 years

d)

67 years

15.

what year was the first black hole discovered

a)

1916

b)

1917

c)

1918

d)

1920