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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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) Thermolinear system.
(b) Hyperlinear system.
(c) Nonlinear system.
(d) Linear system.

2. Where is the European Center for Medium Range Forecasts headquartered?
(a) Dublin, Ireland.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Reading, England.

3. In the 1950s and 1960s what two technologies were maturing together, according to the author in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?
(a) The television and automobile.
(b) The automobile and space stellite.
(c) The space satellite and digital computer.
(d) The digital computer and television.

4. What is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force?
(a) Thermodynamics.
(b) Fluid dynamics.
(c) Physics.
(d) Physiology.

5. What does Gleick assert was the inspiration for Archimedes in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?
(a) A tree.
(b) A snail.
(c) A bathtub.
(d) A boulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle, Washington, and founded in 1972?

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

3. What was the name of Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences?

4. When was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded?

5. 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."

Short Essay Questions

1. What two technologies contributed to the development of global forecasting in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

2. What variable changed the outcome in the experiment described by Thomas S. Kuhn in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

3. How did the role of chaos theory affect ecologists in the 1970s as described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

4. What impact did The Structure of Scientific Revolutions have on the scientific community? What did Kuhn assert in the book?

5. How is the relationship between meteorologists and computers described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

6. Describe the weather simulator discussed in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect." What weather conditions did it create?

7. What led to Benoit Mandelbrot's epiphany in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"? Where was Benoit Mandelbrot working at the time?

8. In Chapter 2, "Revolution" Gleick refers to the pendulum as being the laboratory mouse of chaos, the new science. What metaphorical examples does Gleick give for other great scientists in this chapter?

9. When and where was the National Meteorological Center founded in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? What existed before it?

10. What did Benoit Mandelbrot and Hendrik Houthakker agree on about the chart in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"?

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