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

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

3. After noticing an unusual phenomenon with uranium salts and a photographic plate, Henri Becquerel asked one of his graduate students to investigate the matter. Who was this student?
(a) Marie Curie.
(b) René Just Haüy.
(c) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
(d) Louise Désirée Lorieux.

4. Had the universe formed just slightly differently:
(a) Mankind would not exist.
(b) Earth would have seven moons.
(c) Our solar system would have ten times more planets.
(d) Planets would be flat instead of round.

5. What did the French Compte de Buffon claim about the New World (the Americas) compared to the known Old World?
(a) Everything was smaller and inferior in the New World.
(b) Diseases of the New World would be much more deadly than in the Old World.
(c) Unusual, enormous species would be found in the New World.
(d) The New World was much more fertile than the old.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Big Bang Theory first proposed?

2. Sir Isaac Newton wrote "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy," which explains his laws of what?

3. What massive bone belonging to a dinosaur was found in New Jersey in 1789?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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