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Bill Bryson
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A Short History of Nearly Everything Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Bill Bryson
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pluto is the first planet to be discovered by an:
(a) Argentine.
(b) American.
(c) Australian.
(d) Austrian.

2. What is an extremophile?
(a) A researcher who explores extremely isolated regions.
(b) An organism adapted to living in extreme conditions.
(c) A scientist who studies climate extremes.
(d) An extremely large living organism.

3. In 2003, NASA came up with an estimated age of the universe. What was it?
(a) 103.5 million years.
(b) 731 trillion years.
(c) 35 million years.
(d) 13.7 billion years.

4. Between 1980 and 2003, how many supernovas did the Reverend Robert Evans of Australia discover using a simple backyard telescope?
(a) 42.
(b) 7.
(c) 36.
(d) 11.

5. Which of the following is NOT a quark "flavor?"
(a) Strange.
(b) Charm.
(c) Inverted.
(d) Down.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1971, Mike Voorhies discovered an amazing fossil bed in Nebraska full of skeletons of prehistoric animals killed 12 millions years ago. How did they die?

2. Halley believed that once scientists figured out the distance from the sun to the Earth, they could then calculate what?

3. How do today's professional astronomers search for supernovae?

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

5. A hundred years before Einstein's math analyses confirmed the existence of atoms, this self-educated scientist suggested everything is made up of tiny, unchangeable particles:

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Max Planck was advised to study math instead of physics?

2. What did geologist Harry Hess discover about the Atlantic Ocean in the 1960s that validated the idea that the continents are drifting apart?

3. Describe what happened after the last supervolcano erupted on Earth. When did this happen?

4. Who is the Reverend Robert Evans, and what is he known for?

5. How close did asteroids come to Earth in 1991 and 1993?

6. What explanation did James Hutton come up with to describe the phenomenon of seashell fossils frequently found on mountaintops?

7. How did the English scientist Henry Cavendish determine the weight of Earth?

8. Describe what the Archbishop James Usser and the Reverend William Buckland concluded regarding the age of Earth.

9. Describe what happens in a supernova.

10. Where do earthquakes occur?

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