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/10 Black Holes Name ________________________
1.Define the following.
a)Black hole
b)Accretion disk
c)Event horizon
2. Describe the ‘jets of gas’
Refer to “What do you know about Black Holes”
3. a).The volume of a black hole is not _________________ but it has a very high _________________. Black holes have a larger range of _______________.
b)There is likely a black hole at the center of the _______________ galaxy
c)Gravity _____________ bend light.
d)Black holes have a density so high that __________________ cannot escape from them.
e) A space probe sent to a black hole would not be able to send us any ______________
f)The effect of the nearest black holes gravity on us is n________________
g) Worm holes exist only in t______________
Refer to ‘Pathways to Discovery”
4. a)How large are white dwarf stars?
b) Define Neutron star.
c) the radius of the event horizon around a black hole is called the ___________________
d) We have evidence of the existence of black holes from the ______________telescope
5. Describe the 3 types of black Holes.
6. Describe three of the components of the Hubble Telescope