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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When radiation was first discovered, it was sometimes added to:
(a) Gasoline and alcohol.
(b) Drinking water.
(c) Toothpastes and laxatives.
(d) Stews and casseroles.

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

3. Halley believed that once scientists figured out the distance from the sun to the Earth, they could then calculate what?
(a) Distances to distant stars.
(b) Distances to other planets.
(c) Weight of Earth.
(d) Weight of the sun.

4. What happened to the dinosaur bone discovered in New Jersey in 1789?
(a) It is part of a wealthy family's private collection.
(b) It is on permanent display at the Smithsonian.
(c) It had been permanently misplaced.
(d) It was sold to a museum in England.

5. What massive bone belonging to a dinosaur was found in New Jersey in 1789?
(a) Shoulder blade.
(b) Collarbone.
(c) Hipbone.
(d) Thighbone.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth?

2. Richard Owen coined the term paleontology as the study of prehistoric life forms and called the giant animals dinosaurian, meaning:

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

4. Between 1980 and 2003, how many supernovas did the Reverend Robert Evans of Australia discover using a simple backyard telescope?

5. How do today's professional astronomers search for supernovae?

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