A Short History of Nearly Everything Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Bill Bryson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Bill Bryson
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Big Bang Theory first proposed?
(a) 1850s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1790s.
(d) 1960s.

2. Continental drift refers to:
(a) Tides affecting the shape of continents.
(b) Changing weather patterns.
(c) Continents drifting apart.
(d) Unique cloud drifts over different continents.

3. In addition to being a seventeenth-century astronomer, Christopher Wren designed:
(a) Swords.
(b) Eyeglasses.
(c) Cathedrals.
(d) Clothes.

4. An asteroid strike on Earth would most likely affect the climate for how long?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 1 million years.
(c) 500 years.
(d) 10,000 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Earth is composed of 8 to 12 larger plates and about how many smaller ones?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT a quark "flavor?"

4. Which famous scientist was once an unknown patent clerk in Switzerland?

5. Between 1980 and 2003, how many supernovas did the Reverend Robert Evans of Australia discover using a simple backyard telescope?

(see the answer key)

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