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

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

3. Sir Isaac Newton wrote "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy," which explains his laws of what?
(a) Attraction.
(b) Electromagnetic interference.
(c) Quantum physics.
(d) Motion and gravity.

4. Approximately how many bacteria live on a square centimeter of human skin?
(a) 4,000,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 7,500.
(d) 350.

5. Invented in the 1930s, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have proven to be damaging to:
(a) Refrigerator production.
(b) Underground caves.
(c) The tourism industry.
(d) The ozone layer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the HMS Beagle, and how was it related to Charles Darwin?

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

3. Mitochondria convert food and oxygen into ATP, which is what?

4. How quickly can bacteria create a new generation?

5. Charles Darwin suggested that evolution was a process taking millions of years, which many met with skepticism because scientists:

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