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Unit 1 - Breakfast Cereals and Blackholes

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The event horizon of a black hole represents:

a)

The moment when the black hole formed.

b)

The boundary beyond which nothing can escape.

c)

The density limit of a black hole.

d)

None of these

2.

Objects that float at the interface between a liquid and a gas interact because of all of the following EXCEPT ___

a)

Gravity

b)

Buoyancy

c)

Interfacial deformation

d)

Speed of light

3.

Number of protons in an uncharged atom = number of _________

a)

Neutrinos

b)

Electrons

c)

Protons

d)

Photons

4.

What would change if our Sun was suddenly replaced by a black hole of the same mass?

a)

Earth would be sucked into the black hole

b)

The planets would no longer have the same orbit

c)

Only the temperature on Earth would change

d)

None of these

5.

Water is a universal solvent because:

a)

Solutes are not polar molecules

b)

· Water has a neutral pH

c)

Water is made up hydrogen and oxygen atoms

d)

· Water is polar and can dissolve more substances than any other liquid

6.

Capillary action is the result of which of

the following?

a)

Adhesion

b)

Cohesion

c)

Physical changes

d)

Plants

7.

You are sitting on a train moving at 3 m/s, on a planet that is moving at a velocity of 450 m/s around its star, a star that is moving at 63,000 m/s around its galaxy, a galaxy that is moving at 1,000,000 m/s towards another galaxy. What is your velocity?

a)

3 m/s

b)

0 m/s

c)

63,000 m/s

d)

1,000,000 m/s

8.

Infinitely dense points that make the core of black holes.

a)

Accretion Disk

b)

Event Horizon

c)

Singularity

d)

Worm Hole

9.

AML, the disease Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with is also known as ____.

a)

Bright’s disease

b)

Gillian Barry Syndrome

c)

Lou Gehrig’s disease

d)

Huntington’s disease

10.

The object thought to be a super massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is known as:

a)

Sagittarius A*

b)

Alpha Centauri

c)

Eta Carinae

d)

None of these

11.

An iron atom has an atomic mass of 56. Its atomic number is 26. How many neutrons does the iron atom have?

a)

30

b)

26

c)

56

d)

82

12.

_____ are theoretical connections between distant points in space-time.

a)

Wormholes

b)

Blackholes

c)

Gravitational Waves

d)

Gravity Tunnels