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Black Hole Quiz
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Black hole Quiz
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What was the name of the first object considered to be a black hole?
Cygnus X-1
millified hole
cypress x-1
x-spectasy
2
What happens to a star if it passes a black hole?
it dies
it becomes bigger
it explodes
it becomes torn up
3
What do black holes use to pull in lights and stars?
gravity
nebulas
the moon
other stars
4
Black holes have the capacity to.......?
move other stars
distort space
move planets
destroy the sun
5
How are scientists able to detect black holes?
looking at the area around the black hole
by using a special telescope that they send into space
guessing
they can't
6
When do black holes get larger?
they don't
when they get close to other planets
when they collide with other black holes
when other stars die near them
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How many layers do black holes have?
1
2
3
4
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What did black holes used to be?
massive stars
nebulas
small stars
meteors
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What are two elements that black holes can produce?
helium and zinc
iron and carbon
neon and zinc
neon and helium
10
What are the names of the three black hole layers?
inner, extend, horizon
Outer, inner, horizon
outer, horizon, extend
outer, inner, extend
11
How far is the nearest black hole?
1459 light years
1600 light years
2000 light years
1573 light years
12
What is a black hole made from?
the sun
the moon
dead stars
stars that are to bright
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Where are black holes located?
in moons
in suns
in galaxies
in planets
14
Who first rumored to discover black holes?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Aage Bohr
Albert Einstein
Gustav Kirchoff
15
What are the three types of black holes?
stellar, super massive, intermediate
gravitational, stellar, nebula
gravitational, intermediate, spectacle
super massive, nebula, specticle
16
Has anyone ever seen a black hole?
an astronaut
an astronomer
NASA
no one
17
What do black holes do in the sky?
expand
spin
shrink
nothing
18
Who really first predicted black holes?
neils bohr
Albert Einstein
John Mitchell
tesla
19
What type of matter can become a black hole?
none
any in space
any in the atmosphere
any
20
What can escape the pull of a black hole?
nothing
humans
telescopes
snails
21
What year were black holes thought to be discovered?
1893
1916
1912
1934
22
What shape are black holes?
trapezoid
cube
funneled
spherical
23
What can black holes possibly affect?
the sun
time
planets
nothing
24
What can black holes determine?
the number of stars
when earth will end
nothing
when the sun will die
25
Where is the massive black hole located in the milky way galaxy?
next to our sun
in the center
near earth
there is no black hole
26
what will happen if you fall into a black hole?
you will die
you will stretch
you will shrink
you will enter another universe
27
What breaks down at the center of a black hole?
everything
The laws of physics
matter
gravity
28
What can black holes power be harnessed for?
rocket fuel
time travel
space travel
oil
29
What eventually happens to black holes?
they explode
they disenegrate
they evaporate
they never go away
30
When were black holes really first predicted?
1237
1905
1783
1679
