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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Had the universe formed just slightly differently:
(a) Planets would be flat instead of round.
(b) Earth would have seven moons.
(c) Mankind would not exist.
(d) Our solar system would have ten times more planets.

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

3. Earth is composed of 8 to 12 larger plates and about how many smaller ones?
(a) Five.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Twenty.

4. James Hutton was a geologist who wondered why:
(a) There are no polar bears in Antarctica.
(b) Polar ice caps do not melt.
(c) Seashell fossils are found on mountaintops.
(d) The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of Australia.

5. Who postponed his honeymoon in order to write a scientific paper about the movements of electrons?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Ernest Rutherford.
(c) Niels Bohr.
(d) James Chadwick.

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 Reverend William Buckland, the biblical reference to "in the beginning" with regards to the formation of Earth could refer to:

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

4. While the Compte de Buffon was spouting his theories of the new world, what was Frenchman Georges Cuvier doing?

5. The British astronomer Martin Rees hypothesizes that there could be an infinite number of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happened after the last supervolcano erupted on Earth. When did this happen?

2. How close did asteroids come to Earth in 1991 and 1993?

3. Describe what the Archbishop James Usser and the Reverend William Buckland concluded regarding the age of Earth.

4. Describe the three basic layers of Earth, namely, the crust, mantle, and core.

5. Describe Albert Einstein before he became well known in the scientific community.

6. Who is the Reverend Robert Evans, and what is he known for?

7. Describe what happens in a supernova.

8. Explain Albert Einstein's theory of space curvature using a tennis ball and an ant.

9. How did the English scientist Henry Cavendish determine the weight of Earth?

10. Describe what happened to an enormous thighbone discovered in New Jersey in 1789.

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