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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Scripps Research Institute headquartered?
(a) Portland, Oregon.
(b) La Jolla, California.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Tacoma, Washington.

2. What is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language?
(a) Algorithm model.
(b) Mathematical model.
(c) Computer model.
(d) Fraction model.

3. When was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1823.

4. The National Weather Service is one of the six scientific agencies that make up what division of the U.S. Government?
(a) The Interior Department.
(b) The U.S. Coast Guard.
(c) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(d) The U.S. Navy.

5. In physics and systems theory, what states that, for all linear systems, the net response at a given place and time caused by two or more stimuli is the sum of the responses which would have been caused by each stimulus individually?
(a) Bifurcation cascade.
(b) Pattern formation.
(c) Bifurcation theory.
(d) The superposition principle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. James Yorke is credited with creating what term in reference to science?

3. In what year was Mitchell Feigenbaum awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics?

4. What refers to the spread of momentum between particles of matter, usually in the liquid state?

5. When was James Yorke born?

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