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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In mathematics, what is a system which does not satisfy the superposition principle, or whose output is not directly proportional to its input?
(a) Linear system.
(b) Thermolinear system.
(c) Hyperlinear system.
(d) Nonlinear system.

2. What did Foucault use as a way to demonstrate the earth's rotation, according to the author in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?
(a) A six-foot wide magnifying glass.
(b) A twenty-story high pendulum.
(c) A softball.
(d) A turkey baster.

3. From what institution did Thomas S. Kuhn earn his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Loyola University.
(d) Stanford University.

4. In Chapter 2, "Revolution," the author writes, "Professional scientists, given brief, uncertain glimpses of nature's workings, are no less vulnerable to anguish and confusion when they come face to face with" _______________?
(a) "Fractals".
(b) "Cantor dust".
(c) "Incongruity".
(d) "Turbulence".

5. Where is the National Weather Service headquartered?
(a) Hot Springs, Arkansas.
(b) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(c) Huntsville, Alabama.
(d) Silver Spring, Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concept originated by Thomas S. Kuhn refers to the routine work of scientists experimenting within a paradigm, slowly accumulating detail in accord with established broad theory and not actually challenging or attempting to test the underlying assumptions of that theory?

2. When was Thomas S. Kuhn born?

3. What is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere?

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?

5. Who is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 2, "Revolution": "Of course, the entire effort is to put oneself outside the ordinary range of what are called statistics"?

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