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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. Which of the following is NOT a quark "flavor?"
(a) Inverted.
(b) Down.
(c) Charm.
(d) Strange.

2. Halley believed that once scientists figured out the distance from the sun to the Earth, they could then calculate what?
(a) Distances to other planets.
(b) Weight of the sun.
(c) Distances to distant stars.
(d) Weight of Earth.

3. In addition to being a seventeenth-century astronomer, Christopher Wren designed:
(a) Clothes.
(b) Swords.
(c) Eyeglasses.
(d) Cathedrals.

4. 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) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
(d) René Just Haüy.

5. Which of the following is not part of an atom?
(a) Neutron.
(b) Proton.
(c) Morton.
(d) Electron.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Geiger counter is a:

3. Fred Hoyle came up with the term "Big Bang" while trying to:

4. What is an extremophile?

5. Plate tectonics refers to:

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the protons, neutrons, and electrons of an atom.

2. How does the Superstring Theory explain quarks?

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

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

5. Describe inner solar system asteroids.

6. Who was Clair Patterson? Describe Clair Patterson's campaign against lead contamination.

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

8. Describe what happened when astronomer Edmond Halley asked Sir Isaac Newton for mathematical help.

9. Describe some of the theories regarding what might have caused the Big Bang.

10. Why is the term "dinosaurian" a misnomer?

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