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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his paper, Kuhn argues that rival paradigms are ______, meaning that it is not possible to understand one paradigm through the conceptual framework and terminology of another rival paradigm.
(a) Incorrigible.
(b) Indistinguishable.
(c) Incommensurable.
(d) Incomprehensible.

2. What is defined as a mess of disorder on all scales and is not stable?
(a) Fractal.
(b) Viscosity.
(c) Energy.
(d) Turbulence.

3. If a system is in what state, then the recently observed behavior of the system will continue into the future?
(a) Changing.
(b) Unstable.
(c) Reactive.
(d) Steady.

4. In Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect," the author writes, "The Butterfly Effect acquired a technical name: sensitive dependence on _____________"?
(a) "Controlled conditions."
(b) "Ideal conditions."
(c) "Initial conditions."
(d) "Random conditions."

5. When was Mitchell Feigenbaum offered a post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to study turbulence in fluids?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 6, "Universality": "The iterating of these lines brings gold; the framing of this circle on the ground brings whirlwinds, tempests, thunder and lightning"?

2. With whom did Harry Swinney perform experiments on the onset of turbulence for water in rotating cylinders?

3. Who is quoted in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect" as saying "Physicists like to think that all you have to do is say, these are the conditions, now what happens next?"

4. What is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena?

5. What is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language?

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