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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The Sea of Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was America's first oil crisis?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1955.

2. What is the term for the point the wave is at on its oscillating journey?
(a) Amplitude.
(b) Peak.
(c) Trough.
(d) Phase.

3. According to the author, Albert Enstein distrusted _____.
(a) Rocket scientists.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Radioactivity.

4. The author calls Robert Goddard the father of American _____.
(a) Quantum physics.
(b) Rocket science.
(c) Nuclear engineering.
(d) Geophsyics.

5. Where was physicist Albert Michelson born?
(a) Austria.
(b) Poland.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lowest possible energy state called?

2. According to the author, gravity is the _____ of physics.

3. Frequency is usually measured in ______________.

4. What is the term that means a disturbance which shows that zero-point fluctuations cause electrons to move in their orbits?

5. Frau Mauro is a _____ region of the moon.

(see the answer key)

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