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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a layer of Earth?
(a) Crust.
(b) Core.
(c) Filling.
(d) Mantle.

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

3. Anders Celsius, who designed the Celsius thermometer, was an:
(a) Astronomer.
(b) Artist.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Architect.

4. Today, scientists know that radiation in high doses is:
(a) Toxic.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Safe.
(d) Tolerable.

5. What is the highest elevation that humans are able to live and survive on Earth continuously without special accommodations?
(a) 22,000 feet.
(b) 27,000 feet.
(c) 14,000 feet.
(d) 18,000 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. The strongest earthquake ever recorded was measured off the coast of Chile in 1960. What did it measure on the Richter scale?

2. What components were central to the apparatus that Henry Cavendish used to determine the density of Earth?

3. When radiation was first discovered, it was sometimes added to:

4. When French physicist Henri Becquerel accidentally left a packet of uranium salts on a photographic plate, what happened?

5. According to the author, humans today have 625 percent more what in their bloodstream compared to previous generations?

(see the answer key)

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