Black Holes Assignment

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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