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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do today's professional astronomers search for supernovae?
(a) In collaboration with astrologers.
(b) Using classical mathematical predictions.
(c) Hiring interns to peer through telescopes 24/7.
(d) With digital cameras and computers.

2. How far away is Proxima Centauri from Earth?
(a) 100 million times farther than our moon.
(b) 120 million times farther than our sun.
(c) 390 million times farther than Venus.
(d) 700 million times farther than Mars.

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

4. James Hutton believed that the natural forces forming the geology of Earth are:
(a) Now extinct.
(b) Impossible to classify.
(c) Random and unpredictable.
(d) Still at work.

5. In addition to being a seventeenth-century astronomer, Christopher Wren designed:
(a) Cathedrals.
(b) Eyeglasses.
(c) Swords.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a major geological era?

2. In the 1700s, people were finding holes in theories. For example, if the thoughts on erosion were completely correct, then:

3. In a span of just 20 years, the number of known moons in the solar system grew from:

4. Had the universe formed just slightly differently:

5. According to the Reverend William Buckland, the biblical reference to "in the beginning" with regards to the formation of Earth could refer to:

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