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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1700s, people were finding holes in theories. For example, if the thoughts on erosion were completely correct, then:
(a) There would be no mountains, only smooth hills.
(b) Sand would be ground to fine powder.
(c) Icebergs would have eroded long ago.
(d) All farmland would have been washed away.

2. Pluto is the first planet to be discovered by an:
(a) Australian.
(b) Argentine.
(c) Austrian.
(d) American.

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

4. 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) Unusual, enormous species would be found in the New World.
(c) The New World was much more fertile than the old.
(d) Diseases of the New World would be much more deadly than in the Old World.

5. A hundred years before Einstein's math analyses confirmed the existence of atoms, this self-educated scientist suggested everything is made up of tiny, unchangeable particles:
(a) John Dalton.
(b) Hans Geiger.
(c) Ernest Rutherford.
(d) George Hadley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the Superstring Theory, the components making up protons, neutrons, electrons, and neutrinos are not regular particles, but instead are:

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

4. Many scientists suspect that Pluto is just a comet of the:

5. Max Planck ignored those who urged him to avoid physics and ended up doing groundbreaking work on:

(see the answer key)

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