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Black Holes And Time Warps by Kip S. Thorne - Test
  • 1. What is a black hole?
A) A region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape from it.
B) A large star in its red giant phase.
C) A cloud of gas and dust.
D) A type of neutron star.
  • 2. What phenomenon is associated with black holes bending space-time?
A) Dark matter
B) String theory
C) Gravitational lensing
D) Quantum entanglement
  • 3. What aspect of black holes did Kip Thorne contribute to?
A) Gravitational waves
B) Quantum mechanics
C) Cosmology
D) Thermodynamics
  • 4. What theoretical object can result from the collapse of a massive star?
A) A white dwarf
B) A black hole
C) A brown dwarf
D) A red giant
  • 5. What can potentially occur at the center of a black hole?
A) A supernova remnant.
B) A singularity.
C) A neutron star.
D) A quasar.
  • 6. What is theoretical concept that links black holes with wormholes?
A) Einstein-Rosen bridges
B) Feynman diagrams
C) Hawking radiation
D) The inflation theory
  • 7. Which scientist proposed the concept of gravitational waves?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Max Planck
C) Albert Einstein
D) Niels Bohr
  • 8. What did Kip Thorne win the Nobel Prize in Physics for?
A) The unification of forces
B) The theory of relativity
C) The discovery of black holes
D) The observation of gravitational waves
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