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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what institution did Harry L. Swinney earn his Ph.D.?
(a) Caltech.
(b) The University of Bonn.
(c) The University of Illinois.
(d) Johns Hopkins University.

2. What is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy?
(a) The Navier-Stokes equation.
(b) Physics.
(c) Biology.
(d) Butterfly effect.

3. Where is Stephen Smale from?
(a) Fargo, North Dakota.
(b) Flint, Michigan.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Aurora, Illinois.

4. 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 multiplier parameter.
(b) A lower parameter.
(c) A higher parameter.
(d) A fraction parameter.

5. What will drain rapidly from large-scale motions to small-scale motions?
(a) Viscosity.
(b) Fractal.
(c) Energy.
(d) Turbulence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mitchell Feigenbaum attend for graduate study in electrical engineering but changed his area to physics?

2. What were the subjects allowed to glance at one at a time in the experiment from the 1940s described by Gleick in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

3. In what year did Mitchell Feigenbaum complete his doctorate with a thesis on dispersion relations?

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

5. Where was Edward Lorenz born?

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