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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. 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) On October 23, 4004 B.C.
(d) Millions of years ago.

2. When was the Big Bang Theory first proposed?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1790s.
(d) 1850s.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are so small that the dot on the letter "i" could hold 5 billion of them?

3. How far away is Proxima Centauri from Earth?

4. Fred Hoyle came up with the term "Big Bang" while trying to:

5. What is a supernova?

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