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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. Scientists are aware of at least how many galaxies in the universe?
(a) 110 thousand.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 140 billion.
(d) 90 trillion.

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

3. According to Bryson, what percentage of all animal and plant life is yet to be discovered?
(a) 19.
(b) 54.
(c) 32.
(d) 97.

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

5. What did Carl Linnaeus bring order to through his method of classification?
(a) The plant world.
(b) Naming bodies of water.
(c) The bacterial world.
(d) Naming features of the moon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. When did the last supervolcano erupt on Earth?

5. A caldera is a:

(see the answer key)

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