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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through the examples provided about Thomas Midgley's inventions, what is the author trying to say about science?
(a) Without science, we would still be living in caveman days in primitive dwellings.
(b) Pursuing scientific avenues is always justified, regardless of outcome.
(c) Science is the cause of all our modern ills.
(d) Science can better our lives but used unwisely it can be dangerous to the planet.

2. What followed the last supervolcanic eruption on Earth in the region that is now northern Sumatra?
(a) Twenty years of intense earthquakes.
(b) A six-year volcanic winter.
(c) A two-year series of tidal waves.
(d) A reversal of the magnetic poles.

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) Louise Désirée Lorieux.
(c) René Just Haüy.
(d) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

4. Which of the following is not a layer of Earth?
(a) Core.
(b) Filling.
(c) Crust.
(d) Mantle.

5. What is the name of the Navy-funded mini submarine often used in undersea explorations?
(a) Alvin.
(b) Chauncy.
(c) Chuck.
(d) Levi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bacteria take nitrogen from the air and form it into what?

2. In 1994, scientists observed as the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck Jupiter. One particular comet fragment struck the planet with a force of six million megatons, which is equivalent to approximately what?

3. What organization opposed geologist Clair Patterson and his campaign?

4. Which famous scientist was once an unknown patent clerk in Switzerland?

5. What is a supernova?

(see the answer key)

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