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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Our universe is at least how many light-years wide?
(a) 50 million trillions.
(b) 5 trillion.
(c) 350 trillion.
(d) 100 billion.

2. According to Einstein's theories, what is the nature of space?
(a) It is a straight line.
(b) It curves.
(c) It has missing points.
(d) It is a flat plane.

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

4. According to the Superstring Theory, the components making up protons, neutrons, electrons, and neutrinos are not regular particles, but instead are:
(a) Vibrating strings.
(b) Super-cooled forces.
(c) Super particles.
(d) Gravity pockets.

5. What is the average distance between asteroids found in the inner solar system between Mars and Jupiter?
(a) A million miles.
(b) Ten billion miles.
(c) Ten thousand miles.
(d) A thousand miles.

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

7. While the Compte de Buffon was spouting his theories of the new world, what was Frenchman Georges Cuvier doing?
(a) Writing the first ever description of the enormous mastodon, a new world discovery.
(b) Cataloging edible plant species found in the New World.
(c) Studying the archeology of the Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs.
(d) Living among indigenous people of the New World and writing down their languages.

8. About how many stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth?
(a) 9,600.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 500.
(d) 6,000.

9. Who postponed his honeymoon in order to write a scientific paper about the movements of electrons?
(a) James Chadwick.
(b) Ernest Rutherford.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Niels Bohr.

10. Harry Hess determined that, in the Atlantic, the ocean floor is:
(a) Shrinking.
(b) Super cooled.
(c) Expanding.
(d) Super heated.

11. James Hutton was a geologist who wondered why:
(a) Polar ice caps do not melt.
(b) The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of Australia.
(c) Seashell fossils are found on mountaintops.
(d) There are no polar bears in Antarctica.

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

13. Atoms are made up of smaller particles, including:
(a) Quarks.
(b) Cells.
(c) Bytes.
(d) Molecules.

14. Max Planck ignored those who urged him to avoid physics and ended up doing groundbreaking work on:
(a) Entropy.
(b) Electromagnetism.
(c) Acceleration.
(d) Optics.

15. The fact that Pluto has a moon was not discovered until:
(a) 1991.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the French Compte de Buffon claim about the New World (the Americas) compared to the known Old World?

2. Scientists are aware of at least how many galaxies in the universe?

3. According to the author, humans today have 625 percent more what in their bloodstream compared to previous generations?

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

5. With scientists having found so many dinosaur bones by the dawn of the twentieth century, what did they conclude about the age of Earth?

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