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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to James Ussher, an Archbishop of the Church of Ireland who was alive in the 1600s, Earth had been created:
(a) On October 23, 4004 B.C.
(b) On January 1, 10,000 B.C.
(c) In an instant.
(d) Millions of years ago.

2. As of July 2001, approximately how many asteroids had been identified?
(a) 26,000.
(b) 29,000,000.
(c) 2,700.
(d) 240.

3. What organization opposed geologist Clair Patterson and his campaign?
(a) American Petroleum Institute.
(b) American Dairy Association.
(c) American Academy of Pediatrics.
(d) Swimming Pool Safety Institute.

4. Astronomer Edmond Halley approached mathematician Sir Isaac Newton to get his help figuring out why planets:
(a) Orbit the sun in ellipses.
(b) Vary in size.
(c) Spin on their axes.
(d) Are round.

5. Today, scientists know that radiation in high doses is:
(a) Healthy.
(b) Toxic.
(c) Tolerable.
(d) Safe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Plate tectonics refers to:

3. In a span of just 20 years, the number of known moons in the solar system grew from:

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

5. The Geiger counter is a:

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