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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert May, like many before him, was confused by the changes when what was increased?
(a) Gradient.
(b) Energy.
(c) A parameter.
(d) Laminar flow.

2. What is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena?
(a) Theoretical physics.
(b) Fluid dynamics.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Bifurcation theory.

3. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," Gleick writes that the only problem with studying and experimenting with a new science is what?
(a) It requires a new language.
(b) No one will understand it.
(c) There are no rules.
(d) All the work is yet to be done.

4. When was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1921.

5. In the 1950s and 1960s what two technologies were maturing together, according to the author in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?
(a) The space satellite and digital computer.
(b) The television and automobile.
(c) The digital computer and television.
(d) The automobile and space stellite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath?

2. What is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force?

3. When was Benoit Mandelbrot born?

4. Where was Thomas S. Kuhn born?

5. In statistics, what refers to any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets of data?

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