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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Archimedes and King Heiro's Crown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years later after Archimedes' work did another scientist add to the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?
(a) 1800 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 1200 years.
(d) 750 years.

2. What is the science that deals with the laws of nature that govern liquids at rest?
(a) Climatology.
(b) Hydrology.
(c) Oceanography.
(d) Hydrostatics.

3. How many books were in the library at Alexandria?
(a) 100,000.
(b) Half a million.
(c) About a quarter of a million.
(d) 750,000.

4. What principle did Archimedes discover that is one of the basic scientific tests of all the elements?
(a) Electromagnetism.
(b) Specific gravity.
(c) Conservation of Energy.
(d) Thermodynamics.

5. What metal did the King suspect had been substituted in the crown?
(a) Copper.
(b) Tin.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours did the Greeks believe it took the earth to turn on its axis?

2. From where would ships bring grain to Sicily?

3. How long was Ptolemy's Museum the center of Greek learning?

4. When was Euclid born?

5. What branch of mathematics did Archimedes invent?

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