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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 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) "Turbulence".
(b) "Incongruity".
(c) "Fractals".
(d) "Cantor dust".

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

3. When was Thomas S. Kuhn born?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1912.

4. Where was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Atlantic City, New Jersey.
(c) Bangor, Maine.
(d) West Hartford, Connecticut.

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"?
(a) Stephen Spender.
(b) James Gleick.
(c) Thomas S. Kuhn.
(d) Richard Feynman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In statistics, what refers to any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets of data?

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

3. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?

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

5. In the 1950s and 1960s what two technologies were maturing together, according to the author in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

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