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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With scientists having found so many dinosaur bones by the dawn of the twentieth century, what did they conclude about the age of Earth?
(a) It is no older than 5 million years.
(b) It is hundreds of billions of years old.
(c) Nobody will ever figure out its age.
(d) It has to be much older than 20 million years.

2. What massive bone belonging to a dinosaur was found in New Jersey in 1789?
(a) Hipbone.
(b) Thighbone.
(c) Collarbone.
(d) Shoulder blade.

3. What happened to the dinosaur bone discovered in New Jersey in 1789?
(a) It had been permanently misplaced.
(b) It is part of a wealthy family's private collection.
(c) It was sold to a museum in England.
(d) It is on permanent display at the Smithsonian.

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

5. According to the Reverend William Buckland, the biblical reference to "in the beginning" with regards to the formation of Earth could refer to:
(a) Myths and legends.
(b) Exactly seven days.
(c) A particular era.
(d) Millions and millions of years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are so small that the dot on the letter "i" could hold 5 billion of them?

2. While the Compte de Buffon was spouting his theories of the new world, what was Frenchman Georges Cuvier doing?

3. About how many stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth?

4. James Hutton believed that the natural forces forming the geology of Earth are:

5. In 1903, who won the Nobel Prize in physics for discovering radioactivity?

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