Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is NOT a quark "flavor?"
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?
3. Had the universe formed just slightly differently:
4. Richard Owen coined the term paleontology as the study of prehistoric life forms and called the giant animals dinosaurian, meaning:
5. In 2003, NASA came up with an estimated age of the universe. What was it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when Max Planck was advised to study math instead of physics?
2. What are quarks? How are they categorized and classified?
3. Describe what the Archbishop James Usser and the Reverend William Buckland concluded regarding the age of Earth.
4. Describe the three basic layers of Earth, namely, the crust, mantle, and core.
5. Summarize what the author says about why it took so long to discover that Pluto has a moon.
6. Describe Albert Einstein before he became well known in the scientific community.
7. What is the theory of continental drift? Who first proposed this theory, and how was it received?
8. Describe what happened to an enormous thighbone discovered in New Jersey in 1789.
9. Why is the term "dinosaurian" a misnomer?
10. Describe inner solar system asteroids.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain supernovas. What exactly are they? Describe the mechanism behind them. How long do they last? What contributions do supernovas make to the universe?
Essay Topic 2
What is continental drift? How did this concept emerge within the scientific community? How long did it take for this idea to gain acceptance? What evidence pointed to the reality of continental drift?
Essay Topic 3
Explain why scientists were reluctant to believe evidence of our planet's actual age. How did belief systems get in the way of scientific evidence?
|
This section contains 939 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
