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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert May, like many before him, was confused by the changes when what was increased?
(a) Laminar flow.
(b) A parameter.
(c) Gradient.
(d) Energy.

2. In statistics, what refers to any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets of data?
(a) Prediction.
(b) Dependence.
(c) Commonality.
(d) Diversity.

3. In mathematics and statistics, a _____ is a quantity that serves to relate functions and variables using a common variable when such a relationship would be difficult to explicate with an equation.
(a) Fraction.
(b) Divisor.
(c) Paradigm.
(d) Parameter.

4. In Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," Gleick writes, "In the emergence of chaos as a new science in the 1970s, _____ were destined to play a special role."
(a) Geologists.
(b) Botanists.
(c) Ecologists.
(d) Paleontologists.

5. When was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1921.

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. What refers to a change in the basic assumptions within the ruling theory of science?

3. In Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect," the author writes, "The Butterfly Effect acquired a technical name: sensitive dependence on _____________"?

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" _______________?

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

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