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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. How long did Marcellus hold Syracuse in siege.

2. When did Marcellus notice a poorly guarded wall and tower in Syracuse?

3. Which area of scientific discovery was not part of Archimedes work?

4. What does it take to cause a chain reaction in a nuclear explosion?

5. What is a good project to learn about centers of gravity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the people of Syracuse doing when the Romans crept into their city?

2. What did Marcellus do while he held Syracuse in siege?

3. What interests mathematicians regarding Archimedes and square roots?

4. Before Archimedes, how did people find the area of a circle?

5. What happens when a pebble is dropped into a pond?

6. How do modern scientists work with very large numbers?

7. What happened when a soldier came to bring Archimedes to Marcellus?

8. What did Archimedes consider to be his most important work?

9. Why isn't the center of gravity always at the center of an object?

10. How did Archimedes estimate the number of grains that would fill the universe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

King Hiero wanted Archimedes to determine if his new crown was solid gold. Discuss how Archimedes solved the crown problem using what is called today the Scientific Method.

Essay Topic 2

King Hiero was concerned that sooner or later Syracuse was going to be caught in the war between Rome and Carthage. Discuss why King Hiero was concerned about war and what he did about his concerns.

Essay Topic 3

Archimedes wanted to be more exact than mathematicians before him when figuring the area of a circle. Discuss different methods that Archimedes, mathematicians before him, and mathematicians after him have used to find the area of a circle.

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