A Short History of Nearly Everything Test | Final Test - Medium

Final Test

This test consists of 5 multiple choice, 5 short answer, and 0 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. With so many hominid species existing in the past, why did only one survive?
a) Greater capacity for compassion.
b) Nobody knows.
c) Climate change.
d) Larger brain.

2. What campaign did geologist Clair Patterson take on?
a) Removing lead additives from gasoline.
b) Removing chlorine from swimming pools.
c) Fortifying milk with vitamin D.
d) Adding fluoride to drinking water.

3. By volume, how much of the Earth's habitable space is covered by water?
a) 80.5 percent.
b) 87.75 percent.
c) 71.75 percent.
d) 99.5 percent.

4. Through the examples provided about Thomas Midgley's inventions, what is the author trying to say about science?
a) Science can better our lives but used...
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