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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. When did the last supervolcano erupt on Earth?
(a) 74,000 years ago.
(b) 1,100 years ago.
(c) 9,000 years ago.
(d) 23,000 years ago.

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) Birds.
(d) Plants.

3. When was Pluto discovered?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1892.

4. Pluto is the first planet to be discovered by an:
(a) Argentine.
(b) Australian.
(c) American.
(d) Austrian.

5. What is found at the very center of the Earth?
(a) Liquid inner core.
(b) Gaseous core.
(c) Frozen core.
(d) Solid inner core.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is an extremophile?

3. In what year did Charles Darwin publish his famous book on natural selection called "On The Origin Of Species"?

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

5. Astronomer Edmond Halley approached mathematician Sir Isaac Newton to get his help figuring out why planets:

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