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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. Many scientists suspect that Pluto is just a comet of the:
(a) Kuiper Belt.
(b) Solar Belt.
(c) Orion Belt.
(d) Neptunian Belt.

2. 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) Millions of years ago.
(c) On October 23, 4004 B.C.
(d) On January 1, 10,000 B.C.

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

4. In a span of just 20 years, the number of known moons in the solar system grew from:
(a) 30 to more than 90.
(b) 60 to more than 500.
(c) 12 to more than 300.
(d) 10 to more than 25.

5. What are so small that the dot on the letter "i" could hold 5 billion of them?
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Protons.
(c) Quarks.
(d) Viruses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Our universe is at least how many light-years wide?

2. James Hutton believed that the natural forces forming the geology of Earth are:

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

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

5. The fact that Pluto has a moon was not discovered until:

(see the answer key)

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