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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Darwin wrote his theory in a 230-page essay, he did not publish it for how long?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 50 years.

2. What is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines?
(a) Cartography.
(b) Parallax.
(c) Micrometer.
(d) Chronometry.

3. Giovanni Cassini studied data by what astronomer who observed Mars at its closest passage to earth and determined, a value of 87 million miles for the astronomical unit?
(a) Jean Richer.
(b) Marco Polo.
(c) Plato.
(d) John Harrison.

4. What book did Copernicus have published near the time of his death?
(a) "De Revolutionibus."
(b) "Sidereus Nuncius."
(c) "On the Origin of Species."
(d) "The Almagest."

5. What is the first premise of "On the Origin of Species"?
(a) There are variations within species.
(b) Living creatures create more off-spring than nature can support.
(c) Survival is based on the process of natural selection.
(d) Survival is based on nature versus nurture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles Darwin went on a five-year world-wide expedition on what brig?

2. What is the second premise of "On the Origin of Species"?

3. What carpenter turned clockmaker invented the marine chronometer?

4. What is the science of the measurement of time, or timekeeping?

5. Copernicus and Kepler measured the distances of the solar system which were expressed in what?

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