Newton Reached the Conclusion That the Universe Must Consist of an Infinite

question 73

Multiple Choice

Newton reached the conclusion that the universe must consist of an infinite expanse of stars because

• A) he and his colleagues had observed the uniform distribution of stars all over the sky.
• B) he was unable to detect the movement of stars around a common center, which his theory required for stability against collapse in a finite universe.
• C) of his religious conviction that the creator would create nothing less than an infinite universe.
• D) he reasoned that if stars were not uniformly distributed everywhere, then denser portions of the universe would clump together under their own gravity.

---

Definitions:

Average Score

The sum of all individual scores divided by the number of scores, often used as a measure of central tendency.

Median

The middle value in a list of numbers sorted in ascending or descending order, or the mean of the two middle numbers if the list has an even number of values.

Middle Value

Also known as the median, it is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, array, or distribution.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set, representing the most common or popular response in a collection of data.