Black Holes - Quiz
  • 1. What powerful force allows black holes to absorb light?
A) Gravity
B) electromagnetism
C) all the answers
D) Nuclear bonding
E) Nuclear fusion
  • 2. How do scientists know black holes exist?
A) by observing objects and light around black holes
B) All of these answers
C) by running experiments on the Sun
D) by viewing black holes with powerful telescopes
  • 3. How do black holes form?
A) when comes strike planets
B) when nuclear bombs explode
C) when giant stars explode
D) when asteroids hit stars
  • 4. Where do super massive black holes likely exist?
A) at the center of the solar system
B) at the center of galaxies
C) Inside gas giant planets
D) In the center of a planet
  • 5. True or False: Black holes are invisible because they don't reflect light.
A) True
B) False
  • 6. What do we call the boundary around a black hole where nothing can escape its gravity?
A) singularity
B) Supernova border
C) Event horizon
D) pulsar
  • 7. What is the center of a black hole called?
A) Iris
B) singularity
C) Supernova
D) Pulsar
  • 8. What is it called when an aging star explodes?
A) supernova
B) iris
C) singularity
D) pulsar
  • 9. True or False: Black holes were first discovered by Ancient Egyptians.
A) False
B) True
  • 10. What makes the gravity of a black hole so strong?
A) It spins at a rate faster than light
B) It's large size and small mass
C) it's small size and large mass
D) Nuclear reactions at its core
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