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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. When did the last supervolcano erupt on Earth?
(a) 74,000 years ago.
(b) 23,000 years ago.
(c) 9,000 years ago.
(d) 1,100 years ago.

2. The first eruption of Yellowstone took place how many years ago?
(a) 19.7 billion.
(b) 16.5 million.
(c) 630 thousand.
(d) 74 thousand.

3. Approximately how many okapi live in the rain forests of Zaire?
(a) 1,340,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 12,000.

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

5. Max Planck ignored those who urged him to avoid physics and ended up doing groundbreaking work on:
(a) Acceleration.
(b) Entropy.
(c) Optics.
(d) Electromagnetism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1960s, what did Bob Christiansen realize about Yellowstone National Park after observing NASA-supplied images?

2. Who suggested that mass and energy are actually the same thing?

3. What is an extremophile?

4. 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:

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

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