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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. William Herschel first became interested in nebulae when he read books by stargazers James Ferguson and whom?
(a) Robert Smith.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Captain James Cook.
(d) Tycho Brahe.

2. Newton's first law expanded on the theory of inertia by asserting that an object stays in motion unless it is what?
(a) Magnetic.
(b) Disrupted by another force.
(c) Tilted toward negative energy.
(d) Affected by radiation.

3. Copernicus was influenced by what Parisian scholar who theorized that the earth was in motion?
(a) Plato.
(b) Nicole Oresme.
(c) Pontius Pilate.
(d) Eudoxus.

4. Who wrote a paper entitled, "The Sand Reckoner"?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Claudius Ptolemy.
(c) Aristarchus.
(d) Pontius Pilate.

5. What is the science of the measurement of time, or timekeeping?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Chronometry.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Cartography.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Charles Darwin theorize that the Dangerous Archipelago was once a series of volcanoes?

2. Galileo published his findings in what book?

3. Charles Darwin based his hypothesis that the world was old and always changing on the works of whom?

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

5. Copernicus studied the great astronomers, and particularly admired whom?

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