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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5,Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many okapi live in the rain forests of Zaire?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 1,340,000.
(c) 400,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. Vesto Slipher's work at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona led him to discover that distant stars are moving away from us, with the farthest stars moving the fastest, suggesting that the universe is:
(a) Oscillating.
(b) Stable.
(c) Shrinking.
(d) Expanding.

3. Which famous scientist was once an unknown patent clerk in Switzerland?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Joseph Lister.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Charles Darwin.

4. In the 1960s, what did Bob Christiansen realize about Yellowstone National Park after observing NASA-supplied images?
(a) Practically the whole park is a volcano.
(b) The park holds thousands of volcanoes.
(c) Most of the park was created by a massive earthquake.
(d) The park was carved by moving glaciers.

5. The first eruption of Yellowstone took place how many years ago?
(a) 74 thousand.
(b) 19.7 billion.
(c) 630 thousand.
(d) 16.5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. A caldera is a:

2. In Chapter 23, the author discusses the battles that go on in the plant world regarding:

3. What followed the last supervolcanic eruption on Earth in the region that is now northern Sumatra?

4. In 1875, why was Max Planck advised against studying physics and urged to study math instead?

5. When did the last supervolcano erupt on Earth?

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