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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. While the Compte de Buffon was spouting his theories of the new world, what was Frenchman Georges Cuvier doing?
(a) Writing the first ever description of the enormous mastodon, a new world discovery.
(b) Cataloging edible plant species found in the New World.
(c) Studying the archeology of the Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs.
(d) Living among indigenous people of the New World and writing down their languages.

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

3. James Hutton believed that the natural forces forming the geology of Earth are:
(a) Random and unpredictable.
(b) Still at work.
(c) Impossible to classify.
(d) Now extinct.

4. What components were central to the apparatus that Henry Cavendish used to determine the density of Earth?
(a) Chutes and slides.
(b) Boiling water, a tub, and a barrel.
(c) Weights, counter-weights, and pendulums.
(d) A burner, gases, and switches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Pluto discovered?

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

3. According to James Ussher, an Archbishop of the Church of Ireland who was alive in the 1600s, Earth had been created:

4. With scientists having found so many dinosaur bones by the dawn of the twentieth century, what did they conclude about the age of Earth?

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

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