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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5,Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What followed the last supervolcanic eruption on Earth in the region that is now northern Sumatra?
(a) Twenty years of intense earthquakes.
(b) A six-year volcanic winter.
(c) A two-year series of tidal waves.
(d) A reversal of the magnetic poles.

2. In 1875, why was Max Planck advised against studying physics and urged to study math instead?
(a) Planek knew high-level math but only very basic physics.
(b) The government often arrested those who delved in certain branches of physics.
(c) A career in math offered greater financial opportunities for him.
(d) It was believed that all the important physics discoveries had already been made.

3. When entomologist Terry Erwin collected insect samples from 19 rain forest trees, how many different varieties of beetles did he find?
(a) 600.
(b) 150.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 42.

4. Who suggested that mass and energy are actually the same thing?
(a) Joseph Lister.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Albert Einstein.

5. Vesto Slipher's work at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona led him to discover that distant stars are moving away from us, with the farthest stars moving the fastest, suggesting that the universe is:
(a) Stable.
(b) Oscillating.
(c) Shrinking.
(d) Expanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carl Linnaeus develop that is still in wide use today?

2. Scientists are aware of at least how many galaxies in the universe?

3. In Chapter 23, the author discusses the battles that go on in the plant world regarding:

4. When did the last supervolcano erupt on Earth?

5. Approximately how many okapi live in the rain forests of Zaire?

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