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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not part of an atom?
(a) Proton.
(b) Morton.
(c) Neutron.
(d) Electron.

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

3. 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?
(a) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
(b) René Just Haüy.
(c) Louise Désirée Lorieux.
(d) Marie Curie.

4. Today, scientists know that radiation in high doses is:
(a) Tolerable.
(b) Safe.
(c) Healthy.
(d) Toxic.

5. 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) Weight of Earth.
(c) Weight of the sun.
(d) Distances to other planets.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Reverend William Buckland, the biblical reference to "in the beginning" with regards to the formation of Earth could refer to:

2. Astronomer Edmond Halley approached mathematician Sir Isaac Newton to get his help figuring out why planets:

3. Which of the following is not a major geological era?

4. In a span of just 20 years, the number of known moons in the solar system grew from:

5. According to the Caltech physicist Richard Feynman, the most important discovery ever made is what?

(see the answer key)

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