1. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will cause the idealized population to end up at the lower level?
(a) A fraction parameter.
(b) A higher parameter.
(c) A lower parameter.
(d) A multiplier parameter.

2. Who does Gleick quote as saying "It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearily!" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
(a) Stanislaw Ulam.
(b) Enrico Fermi.
(c) James Yorke.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

3. Although James Yorke was a brilliant mathematician, he often referred to himself as what?
(a) A monk.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) A martyr.
(d) A rebel.

4. What refers to the sensitive dependence on initial conditions; where a small change at one place in a nonlinear system can result in large differences to a later state?
(a) Pufferfish effect.
(b) Butterfly effect.
(c) Kangaroo effect.
(d) Hummingbird effect.

5. James Yorke realized that one of the largest problems with his work was that mathematicians and physicists were often worlds apart because they did not what?
(a) Follow the same rules.
(b) Report to work at the same time.
(c) Use the same equipment.
(d) Speak the same language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is attributed with the following quote in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature": "And yet relation appears, a small relation expanding like the shade of a cloud on sand, a shape on the side of the hill"?

2. Where is the European Center for Medium Range Forecasts headquartered?

3. Where was Edward Lorenz born?

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

5. Where is the National Weather Service headquartered?

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