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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) Laminar flow.
(b) Gradient.
(c) Energy.
(d) A parameter.

2. What studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions?
(a) Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow.
(b) Butterfly effect.
(c) Chaos theory.
(d) Nonlinear system.

3. What is the mathematical study of changes in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family, such as the integral curves of a family of vector fields, and the solutions of a family of differential equations?
(a) Theoretical physics.
(b) Bifurcation theory.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Fluid dynamics.

4. What refers to a physical science that studies the effects on material bodies, and on radiation in regions of space, of transfer of heat and of work done on or by the bodies or radiation?
(a) Thermodynamics.
(b) Neuroscience.
(c) Theoretical physics.
(d) Meteorology.

5. In what year did Mitchell Feigenbaum complete his doctorate with a thesis on dispersion relations?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?"

2. What is a sub-discipline of fluid mechanics that deals with the natural science of fluids (liquids and gases) in motion?

3. Where was Gustav Mahler born?

4. When was Benoit Mandelbrot born?

5. Who said that calling the study of chaos a nonlinear science was akin to calling zoology "the study of nonelephant animals" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

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