A Short History of Nearly Everything Test | Final Test - Easy

Bill Bryson
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A Short History of Nearly Everything Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ice ages are caused by:
(a) Unusually cool summers.
(b) Lunar eclipses.
(c) Solar eclipses.
(d) Abnormally harsh winters.

2. How many chromosomes are there inside a human cell's nucleus?
(a) 46.
(b) 32.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

3. What is the current estimate of the number of species that have lived on Earth since the beginning of life on our planet?
(a) 30 billion.
(b) 421 thousand.
(c) 32 trillion.
(d) 27 million.

4. Scientists believe that our planet is currently in a period of what?
(a) Relative warmth within an ice age.
(b) Relative cold within a temperate age.
(c) Declining temperatures.
(d) Steadily increasing temperatures.

5. When the KT meteor that killed the dinosaurs hit Earth, what percentage of life on the planet perished?
(a) 95.
(b) 40.
(c) 15.
(d) 70.

6. The author seems to condemn the fact that, over the years, studying wildlife meant what?
(a) Mere recreation for the wealthy.
(b) Destroying the environment.
(c) Capturing and killing it.
(d) Nothing to the average person.

7. What organisms does the author say are the most enduring inhabitants of our planet?
(a) Humans.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Fungi.

8. When was the last dodo killed in Mauritius?
(a) 1530s.
(b) 1490s.
(c) 1680s.
(d) 1750s.

9. Who was the first person to describe a cell?
(a) Robert Hooke.
(b) Matthias Jakob Schleiden.
(c) Theodor Schwann.
(d) Van Leeuwenhoek.

10. Compared to at sea level, oxygen at a few thousand feet above sea level is:
(a) Purer.
(b) More plentiful.
(c) Thinner.
(d) Heavier.

11. In times past, Earth was:
(a) Smaller.
(b) Flatter.
(c) More hospitable.
(d) Less hospitable.

12. Humans share 98.4 percent of their DNA with:
(a) Lions.
(b) Chimpanzees.
(c) Lemurs.
(d) Chinchillas.

13. Scientist Jean de Charpentier was a specialist on what?
(a) Tsunamis.
(b) Glaciers.
(c) Volcanoes.
(d) Evolution.

14. What is a biped?
(a) A specific nerve found in the upper leg.
(b) A tendon connecting the leg to the pelvis.
(c) A creature that walks on two legs.
(d) A large bone found in legs of mammals.

15. In a cell, what is the cytoplasm?
(a) DNA inside each cell.
(b) Contents of the cell outside the nucleus.
(c) The nucleus.
(d) Outer fatty casing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the available land on Earth, how much is suitable for people to live on?

2. A Swedish DNA study concludes that all modern humans descended from how many people in Africa?

3. By volume, how much of the Earth's habitable space is covered by water?

4. Bryson states that the first species to care for its weak and frail members was:

5. What percentage of all existing water is fresh water?

(see the answer keys)

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