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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. When was Steven Smale born?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1932.

2. Who does Gleick quote as saying "It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearily!" in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?
(a) James Yorke.
(b) Enrico Fermi.
(c) Stanislaw Ulam.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

3. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?
(a) Information theory.
(b) Chaos theory.
(c) Economics.
(d) Physiology.

4. When was James Yorke born?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1932.

5. Where was James Yorke born?
(a) Plainfield, New Jersey.
(b) Cheyenne, Wyoming.
(c) Flagstaff, Arizona.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Foucault use as a way to demonstrate the earth's rotation, according to the author in Chapter 2, "Revolution"?

2. When was Benoit Mandelbrot born?

3. Where was Edward Lorenz born?

4. Who is attributed with the following quote in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature": "And yet relation appears, a small relation expanding like the shade of a cloud on sand, a shape on the side of the hill"?

5. What refers to a change in the basic assumptions within the ruling theory of science?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Edward Lorenz described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? Where was he working at the time?

2. How is a Cantor set described in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"?

3. What was the early life of Benoit Mandelbrot like, as described by the author in Chapter 4, "A Geometry of Nature"?

4. What did Edward Lorenz develop in order to assist in working with computer technology in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? How did he feel about the future of forecasting?

5. What were the biggest issues with weather forecasting during Lorenz's time as described in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"? How is the Butterfly Effect defined?

6. What two technologies contributed to the development of global forecasting in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect"?

7. What role do computers and mathematical equations play in ecology and biology as described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

8. Describe the weather simulator discussed in Chapter 1, "The Butterfly Effect." What weather conditions did it create?

9. How is Robert May described in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"? What did his work center on?

10. Who is quoted discussing nonlinear problems in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs"?

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