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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In physics and systems theory, what states that, for all linear systems, the net response at a given place and time caused by two or more stimuli is the sum of the responses which would have been caused by each stimulus individually?
(a) Pattern formation.
(b) Bifurcation cascade.
(c) Bifurcation theory.
(d) The superposition principle.

2. Where is the Scripps Research Institute headquartered?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) La Jolla, California.
(d) Tacoma, Washington.

3. 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) Butterfly effect.
(b) Biology.
(c) The Navier-Stokes equation.
(d) Physics.

4. What was the profession of Benoit Mandelbrot's mother?
(a) Writer.
(b) Housekeeper.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Nurse.

5. When was Benoit Mandelbrot born?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1876.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers?

2. Who said that calling the study of chaos a nonlinear science was akin to calling zoology "the study of nonelephant animals" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

3. What work by Edward Lorenz greatly impacted the thinking of James Yorke, as described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

4. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 6, "Universality": "The iterating of these lines brings gold; the framing of this circle on the ground brings whirlwinds, tempests, thunder and lightning"?

5. The National Weather Service is one of the six scientific agencies that make up what division of the U.S. Government?

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