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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1994, scientists observed as the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck Jupiter. One particular comet fragment struck the planet with a force of six million megatons, which is equivalent to approximately what?
(a) 3 times the energy emitted by a solar flare.
(b) 50 times the energy released by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
(c) 7 times the energy of weapons found in a typical nuclear submarine.
(d) 75 times the energy of all nuclear weapons on Earth.

3. The fact that Pluto has a moon was not discovered until:
(a) 1978.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1965.

4. Which of the following is not a major geological era?
(a) Paleozoic.
(b) Mesozoic.
(c) Precolumbian.
(d) Precambrian.

5. Atoms are made up of smaller particles, including:
(a) Bytes.
(b) Cells.
(c) Quarks.
(d) Molecules.

Short Answer Questions

1. Today, scientists know that radiation in high doses is:

2. According to Einstein's theories, what is the nature of space?

3. In 1875, why was Max Planck advised against studying physics and urged to study math instead?

4. In addition to being a seventeenth-century astronomer, Christopher Wren designed:

5. If all of the ice in Antarctica were to melt, by how much would ocean levels rise?

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