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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. Scientists are aware of at least how many galaxies in the universe?
2. What followed the last supervolcanic eruption on Earth in the region that is now northern Sumatra?
3. Harry Hess determined that, in the Atlantic, the ocean floor is:
4. Which of the following is NOT a quark "flavor?"
5. A hundred years before Einstein's math analyses confirmed the existence of atoms, this self-educated scientist suggested everything is made up of tiny, unchangeable particles:
Short Essay Questions
1. What did geologist Harry Hess discover about the Atlantic Ocean in the 1960s that validated the idea that the continents are drifting apart?
2. Explain how inventor and engineer, Thomas Midley, Jr., solved some problems but created enormous safety and environmental issues by adding lead to gasoline and by inventing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
3. Describe what the Archbishop James Usser and the Reverend William Buckland concluded regarding the age of Earth.
4. Explain Albert Einstein's theory of space curvature using a tennis ball and an ant.
5. When scientists first tried to grasp the idea of atoms, what did they disagree on?
6. Describe what happens in a supernova.
7. What happened when Max Planck was advised to study math instead of physics?
8. Describe what happened after the last supervolcano erupted on Earth. When did this happen?
9. Where do earthquakes occur?
10. What is the theory of continental drift? Who first proposed this theory, and how was it received?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author shares many stories of one person making an important discovery and someone else getting credit for it. Cite two examples of this. Why does Bryson discuss these cases? What do you feel he is trying to reveal about scientific discoveries and the scientific community?
Essay Topic 2
Describe earthquakes, including the mechanism behind them, where they can hit, and how they are measured.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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