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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. Our universe is at least how many light-years wide?
(a) 350 trillion.
(b) 5 trillion.
(c) 50 million trillions.
(d) 100 billion.

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how many stars can be seen from Earth using a two-inch telescope?

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

4. Had the universe formed just slightly differently:

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

(see the answer key)

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