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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Archimedes and the Centers of Gravity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What field of mathematics is necessary to create rockets and space travel?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Computation.
(d) Trigonometry.

2. What scientist do most people believe was the first to understand the laws of gravitation?
(a) Blaise Pascal.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Nicholas Copernicius.
(d) Sir Isaac Newton.

3. What science did Archimedes begin that deals with the pressure of liquids?
(a) Hydrostatics.
(b) Dynamics.
(c) Biophysics.
(d) Oceanography.

4. When do most people believe that the first real understanding of the laws of gravitation began?
(a) 12th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 300 A.D.
(d) 300 B.C.

5. What is heavier than wood?
(a) Iron.
(b) Copper.
(c) Silver.
(d) Bronze.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is heavier than iron?

2. When did people first glimpse the idea of gravity and its effects?

3. What Greek poet would Archimedes have studied?

4. How many days were in the Greek year?

5. With Archimedes' polygons, how much less was the circumference than the diameter?

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