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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. Between 1980 and 2003, how many supernovas did the Reverend Robert Evans of Australia discover using a simple backyard telescope?
(a) 36.
(b) 11.
(c) 42.
(d) 7.

2. Which of the following is not a major geological era?
(a) Precolumbian.
(b) Mesozoic.
(c) Precambrian.
(d) Paleozoic.

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

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

5. According to Einstein's theories, what is the nature of space?
(a) It curves.
(b) It is a flat plane.
(c) It has missing points.
(d) It is a straight line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pluto is the first planet to be discovered by an:

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

3. The British astronomer Martin Rees hypothesizes that there could be an infinite number of what?

4. James Hutton was a geologist who wondered why:

5. In addition to being a seventeenth-century astronomer, Christopher Wren designed:

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