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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A hundred years before Einstein's math analyses confirmed the existence of atoms, this self-educated scientist suggested everything is made up of tiny, unchangeable particles:
(a) Ernest Rutherford.
(b) George Hadley.
(c) Hans Geiger.
(d) John Dalton.

2. After noticing an unusual phenomenon with uranium salts and a photographic plate, Henri Becquerel asked one of his graduate students to investigate the matter. Who was this student?
(a) Marie Curie.
(b) René Just Haüy.
(c) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
(d) Louise Désirée Lorieux.

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

4. In the 1700s, people were finding holes in theories. For example, if the thoughts on erosion were completely correct, then:
(a) Sand would be ground to fine powder.
(b) Icebergs would have eroded long ago.
(c) All farmland would have been washed away.
(d) There would be no mountains, only smooth hills.

5. When radiation was first discovered, people thought it must have:
(a) An extraterrestrial origin.
(b) Healthful properties.
(c) Been caused by thunderstorms.
(d) High toxicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Reverend William Buckland, the biblical reference to "in the beginning" with regards to the formation of Earth could refer to:

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

3. When was Pluto discovered?

4. Which of the following is not a major geological era?

5. In addition to being a seventeenth-century astronomer, Christopher Wren designed:

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