View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: The Prize.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who explained the moons of Jupiter with the velocity of light?
(a) Ole Roemer.
(b) Tycho Brahe.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Cassini.

2. In order for Ditton's and Whiston's plan to determine longitude to work, what would have to be done?
(a) New discoveries in compasses would need to be made.
(b) Accurate clocks would need to be on all ships.
(c) A fleet of ships would need to be anchored at 600-mile intervals in the ocean.
(d) Ship captains would need to go to "Longitude School."

3. Complete this analogy from Chapter 4:Time in a Bottle: Time is to clock as mind is to ____________.
(a) Brain.
(b) Head.
(c) Stars.
(d) Heaven.

4. How accurate was the solution to longitude to be?
(a) Less than ten degrees.
(b) Exact, no room for error.
(c) At least five degrees.
(d) Within half a degree.

5. What did Huygens and Hooke fight over?
(a) A map.
(b) A patent.
(c) A woman.
(d) A ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built a watch within a vacuum that could tell stable time?

2. What was the punishment for mutiny on the Association?

3. What did Humphrey Ditton propose to use to solve the longitude problem?

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

5. What does the coiled balance spring do in clocks?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 261 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample