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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Time in a Bottle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was built at Greenwich Park?
(a) The Celestial Palace.
(b) The Royal Observatory.
(c) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(d) The Paris Observatory.

2. In AD 150, who plotted lines of longitude and latitude?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Newton.
(c) Ptolemy.
(d) Moses.

3. What was Giovanni Domenico Cassini famous for?
(a) Inventing the pendulum clock.
(b) Discovering the moons of Jupiter.
(c) Sailing around the world.
(d) Publishing accurate maps.

4. What was the problem with pendulum clocks on ships?
(a) Pendulum clocks were so valuable, the main concern was theft.
(b) There were no problems, pemdulum clocks were very accurate onboard ships.
(c) The ship's rocking would slow down or speed up the clock.
(d) Pendulum clocks would always point north.

5. What did the Longitude Act of 1714 establish?
(a) The lunar method as the government's way to calculate longitude.
(b) Taxes on the use of maps with longitude.
(c) A uniform way to calculate longitude.
(d) A monetary prize for solving the problem of longitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides clocks, what was Hooke known for?

2. When measuring longitude, each hour of time difference between the ship and starting point marks a progress of how many degrees of longitude?

3. How long did Harrison work before receiving his monetary reward?

4. What is the main difference in measuring longitude and latitude?

5. What was Huygens best known as?

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