Time Travel Quiz

Name __________________  	Date _________________

Answer True or False:

1.	 Time travel is only in the future. ______   

2.	 Flying in an airplane is one example of time travel. ______  

3.	 Time is relative. ______ 
		
4.	 Time ticks at a constant speed.  ______

5.	 The slow spin of a black hole produces enormous energy. ______

6.	Scientists think a black hole is the only engine powerful  enough to propel you into the distant future. ______

Select the answer for the following multiple choice questions:

7.	The energy producing layer of a black hole is called the

a. ergo sphere
b. force field
c. gravitational pull

8. Albert Einstein was what kind of a scientist?

a. astronomer  	
b. meteorologist 
c. physicist

Finish It!  Fill in the blanks with words from the word list. 

relative	black hole	principle	gravitational	
rates       	mass	time travel	relativity	

9.	Time is _______________.  

10.	This ________________ means that different conditions cause time to pass at different ______________.

11.	Riding in a car results in teeny bits of ________________.

12.	The theory of ________________ was developed by Einstein.   

13.	A stellar _________________ is what a huge star becomes when it burns up its fuel and collapses into an extremely compact ________________. 

14.	A black hole has an incredibly strong ______________ pull.

Look It Up!  Look up the listed words in your dictionary. Then match each word with its correct definition.

15.	principle _________	a.	large or imposing

16.	compact ___________	b.	a system of assumptions and rules that
explain the behavior of natural 
phenomena

17.	relative __________		c.	a basic truth, law, or assumption 

18.	theory ____________	d.	packed together or dense

19.	massive ____________ 	e.	not absolute; or considered in
comparison with something else.