
Understanding Black Holes and Singularity Theorems

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Physics
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11th Grade - University
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Nancy Jackson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Roger Penrose for their work on black holes?
Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel
Karl Schwarzschild and Roy Kerr
Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking
John Mitchell and Pierre-Simon Laplace
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Karl Schwarzschild's solution to Einstein's equations reveal about black holes?
They are perfectly smooth and spherical.
They are purely theoretical and cannot exist.
They are formed by negative mass.
They are surrounded by a surface where time freezes.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Roger Penrose's significant contribution to the understanding of black holes?
He discovered the event horizon.
He showed that black holes cannot exist.
He proved that singularities are inevitable in black holes.
He found that black holes are perfectly symmetrical.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a 'trapped surface' in the context of black holes?
A surface that is perfectly smooth.
A surface where null geodesics move outwards.
A surface where null geodesics move inwards.
A surface where light can escape freely.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Stephen Hawking apply Penrose's singularity theorem?
To argue that the universe is static.
To demonstrate that black holes cannot form.
To show that time started at the Big Bang.
To prove the existence of dark matter.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do the Penrose-Hawking Singularity Theorems suggest about the universe?
The universe is infinite and eternal.
The universe is perfectly symmetrical.
The universe has no beginning or end.
The universe started with a singularity.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does geodesic incompleteness imply about space and time?
They are infinite and continuous.
They can have holes or endpoints.
They are unaffected by gravity.
They are perfectly smooth.
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