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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 strongest earthquake ever recorded was measured off the coast of Chile in 1960. What did it measure on the Richter scale?
(a) 8.9.
(b) 7.8.
(c) 10.2.
(d) 9.5.

2. Earth is composed of 8 to 12 larger plates and about how many smaller ones?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Five.
(d) One hundred.

3. In what year did Charles Darwin publish his famous book on natural selection called "On The Origin Of Species"?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1859.

4. Who postponed his honeymoon in order to write a scientific paper about the movements of electrons?
(a) Niels Bohr.
(b) Ernest Rutherford.
(c) James Chadwick.
(d) Albert Einstein.

5. Gregor Mendel, who conducted research on transmittal of traits in pea plants, was a scientist and a:
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Monk.
(c) Politician.
(d) Soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1871, Lord Kelvin suggested that life on Earth started because of:

2. 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:

3. Using a depth sounder during World War II, Harry Hess discovered that ocean floors:

4. Which of the following is not one of the five major extinction episodes on Earth?

5. Before Charles Darwin wrote his famous book about natural selection, he spent eight years writing about what?

(see the answer key)

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