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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Routine Interplanetary Violence, Chapter 18, The Marsh of Camarina.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the Voyager spacecraft launched?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1972.

2. The Anthropic Principle is divided into two theories that are termed what?
(a) Old and new.
(b) Orthodox and reformed.
(c) Strong and weak.
(d) Greater and lesser.

3. According to Sagan, how profitable is it for a nation to invest in space exploration?
(a) It is highly profitable.
(b) It has great benefits in a limited scope.
(c) It is not related to a nation's welfare.
(d) It has high costs.

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

5. What scientist is credited with making the first discoveries that caused problems for the geocentric theory?
(a) Copernicus.
(b) Ptolemy.
(c) Kelper.
(d) Galileo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of organic molecules arrived on Earth from what source?

2. In what way is Titan's cold atmosphere an advantage for the formation of life?

3. What innovation was crucial in discovering Titan?

4. When did a "disrupted" comet famously fall into Jupiter?

5. Sagan suggests that throughout history, many have claimed that our species is what?

(see the answer key)

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