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

2. Photosynthesis was developed during the early history of life on Earth by what?
(a) Cyanobacteria.
(b) Magentobacteria.
(c) Flavobacteria.
(d) Xenobacteria.

3. According to the Reverend William Buckland, the biblical reference to "in the beginning" with regards to the formation of Earth could refer to:
(a) A particular era.
(b) Exactly seven days.
(c) Millions and millions of years.
(d) Myths and legends.

4. Scientists now believe that life began on Earth how long ago?
(a) 5.75 million years.
(b) 3.85 billion years.
(c) 6.25 thousand years.
(d) 7.35 trillion years.

5. Continental drift refers to:
(a) Changing weather patterns.
(b) Continents drifting apart.
(c) Tides affecting the shape of continents.
(d) Unique cloud drifts over different continents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Had the universe formed just slightly differently:

2. In 2003, NASA came up with an estimated age of the universe. What was it?

3. Who was the first person to describe a cell?

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

5. A caldera is a:

(see the answer key)

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