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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Earth is the only planet in the solar system to have what?

2. How far away is Proxima Centauri from Earth?

3. In 1875, why was Max Planck advised against studying physics and urged to study math instead?

4. What is an extremophile?

5. What are so small that the dot on the letter "i" could hold 5 billion of them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Bob Christiansen, and how did he determine that Yellowstone is a supervolcano?

5. What happened when Max Planck was advised to study math instead of physics?

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

7. Describe inner solar system asteroids.

8. When scientists first tried to grasp the idea of atoms, what did they disagree on?

9. What happened when, in 1896, Henri Becquerel accidentally left a packet of uranium salts on top of a wrapped photographic plate?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the dinosaurs become extinct? Explain the sequence of events that happened after the asteroid hit. What was the outcome to other life forms? What conditions changed in the aftermath? What group of animals became dominant following the dinosaur extinction?

Essay Topic 2

What is continental drift? How did this concept emerge within the scientific community? How long did it take for this idea to gain acceptance? What evidence pointed to the reality of continental drift?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the existence of bacteria on Earth with the existence of humans. Does one depend on the other? How so? Which organism is more resilient? Why?

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