A Short History of Nearly Everything Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Bill Bryson
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A Short History of Nearly Everything Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Bill Bryson
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The strongest earthquake ever recorded was measured off the coast of Chile in 1960. What did it measure on the Richter scale?
(a) 8.9.
(b) 9.5.
(c) 7.8.
(d) 10.2.

2. If Earth did not have an atmosphere, it would be what?
(a) Extremely windy.
(b) Dark.
(c) Boiling hot.
(d) Frozen.

3. Invented in the 1930s, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have proven to be damaging to:
(a) The tourism industry.
(b) The ozone layer.
(c) Underground caves.
(d) Refrigerator production.

4. What campaign did geologist Clair Patterson take on?
(a) Removing lead additives from gasoline.
(b) Removing chlorine from swimming pools.
(c) Adding fluoride to drinking water.
(d) Fortifying milk with vitamin D.

5. In 1903, who won the Nobel Prize in physics for discovering radioactivity?
(a) Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel.
(b) Louise Désirée Lorieux, Jean Becquerel, and Henri Becquerel.
(c) Marie Curie and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
(d) René Just Haüy and Jean Becquerel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a layer of Earth?

2. When radiation was first discovered, it was sometimes added to:

3. Through the examples provided about Thomas Midgley's inventions, what is the author trying to say about science?

4. When radiation was first discovered, people thought it must have:

5. After noticing an unusual phenomenon with uranium salts and a photographic plate, Henri Becquerel asked one of his graduate students to investigate the matter. Who was this student?

(see the answer key)

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