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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The oldest record of life found so far consists of fossilized traces of microbes discovered where?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Poland.
(c) Finland.
(d) Iceland.

2. The fact that Pluto has a moon was not discovered until:
(a) 1936.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1965.

3. Astronomer Edmond Halley believed that the distance from the Earth to the sun could be deduced from the:
(a) Distance to the moon.
(b) Size of solar flares.
(c) Position of Mars.
(d) Transits of Venus.

4. According to the Reverend William Buckland, the biblical reference to "in the beginning" with regards to the formation of Earth could refer to:
(a) Exactly seven days.
(b) A particular era.
(c) Myths and legends.
(d) Millions and millions of years.

5. Plate tectonics refers to:
(a) The motion of the Earth's crust.
(b) The mechanism behind sand dunes.
(c) The motion of the Earth's atmosphere.
(d) The mechanism behind hurricanes.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Earth did not have an atmosphere, it would be what?

2. What must amino acids do to become protein?

3. According to the Caltech physicist Richard Feynman, the most important discovery ever made is what?

4. What is found at the very center of the Earth?

5. What are eukarya?

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