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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. In the 1960s, what did Bob Christiansen realize about Yellowstone National Park after observing NASA-supplied images?
(a) The park holds thousands of volcanoes.
(b) The park was carved by moving glaciers.
(c) Most of the park was created by a massive earthquake.
(d) Practically the whole park is a volcano.

2. The KT meteor caused dinosaurs to become extinct but paved the way for what to become the new dominant species?
(a) Insects.
(b) Mammals.
(c) Plants.
(d) Birds.

3. According to James Ussher, an Archbishop of the Church of Ireland who was alive in the 1600s, Earth had been created:
(a) In an instant.
(b) On January 1, 10,000 B.C.
(c) Millions of years ago.
(d) On October 23, 4004 B.C.

4. What must amino acids do to become protein?
(a) Evolve.
(b) Shrink.
(c) Split.
(d) Link.

5. The human body is composed of how many cells?
(a) 2,000 billion.
(b) 800 thousand.
(c) 10,000 trillion.
(d) 500 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How quickly can bacteria create a new generation?

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

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

5. The troposphere is the layer of atmosphere:

(see the answer key)

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