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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. What is the highest elevation that humans are able to live and survive on Earth continuously without special accommodations?
(a) 27,000 feet.
(b) 22,000 feet.
(c) 14,000 feet.
(d) 18,000 feet.

2. When French physicist Henri Becquerel accidentally left a packet of uranium salts on a photographic plate, what happened?
(a) The plate rusted.
(b) An emission from the salts ruined the plate.
(c) The plate became magnetic.
(d) The salt crystals melted into the plate.

3. Approximately how many miles are there from Earth's surface to its core?
(a) 595,399.
(b) 45,599.
(c) 695.
(d) 3,959.

4. Halley believed that once scientists figured out the distance from the sun to the Earth, they could then calculate what?
(a) Distances to distant stars.
(b) Distances to other planets.
(c) Weight of the sun.
(d) Weight of Earth.

5. What organization opposed geologist Clair Patterson and his campaign?
(a) Swimming Pool Safety Institute.
(b) American Academy of Pediatrics.
(c) American Petroleum Institute.
(d) American Dairy Association.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Today, scientists know that radiation in high doses is:

3. Invented in the 1930s, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have proven to be damaging to:

4. The troposphere is the layer of atmosphere:

5. Compared to at sea level, oxygen at a few thousand feet above sea level is:

(see the answer key)

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