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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, The Gift of Apollo, Chapter 14, Exploring Other Worlds and Protecting This One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that early planets may have been made incapable of bearing life?
(a) Being pushed into a distant orbit.
(b) Being heavily bombarded by meteors.
(c) Being thrown into outer space.
(d) Falling into the sun.

2. What planet represents the farthest distance from Earth that the Voyager craft were intended to function at?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Saturn
(c) Mars.
(d) Jupiter.

3. Who was the first to discover moons around another planet?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Brahe.
(c) Copernicus.
(d) Kepler.

4. What moon was found to have volcanoes?
(a) Europa.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Terpsichore.
(d) Io.

5. What major change have humans made to the environment that would be easily detectable from space?
(a) Desertification.
(b) The destruction of the rainforests.
(c) The pollution of rivers and lakes.
(d) The Three-Gorges dam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Uranus has an unusual field around it of what type?

2. What hazard from nuclear weapons causes "nuclear winter"?

3. How does Sagan say that science relates to the existence of a divine being?

4. Titan has what distinction among the moons of the planet it orbits?

5. According to Sagan, how profitable is it for a nation to invest in space exploration?

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