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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. In a cell, what is the cytoplasm?
(a) The nucleus.
(b) Outer fatty casing.
(c) DNA inside each cell.
(d) Contents of the cell outside the nucleus.

2. Only one out of how many bones is ever fossilized?
(a) Five million.
(b) Fifty thousand.
(c) A hundred.
(d) A billion.

3. According to the Superstring Theory, the components making up protons, neutrons, electrons, and neutrinos are not regular particles, but instead are:
(a) Super particles.
(b) Vibrating strings.
(c) Gravity pockets.
(d) Super-cooled forces.

4. The human body is composed of how many cells?
(a) 800 thousand.
(b) 2,000 billion.
(c) 10,000 trillion.
(d) 500 million.

5. In 2003, NASA came up with an estimated age of the universe. What was it?
(a) 13.7 billion years.
(b) 731 trillion years.
(c) 35 million years.
(d) 103.5 million years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most human body cells live how long?

2. The Burgess Shale Formation, containing tens of thousands of fossils of soft-bodied creatures preserved by a mudslide, was found where?

3. What is the average distance between asteroids found in the inner solar system between Mars and Jupiter?

4. Invented in the 1930s, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have proven to be damaging to:

5. What followed the last supervolcanic eruption on Earth in the region that is now northern Sumatra?

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