Coming of Age in the Milky Way Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Coming of Age in the Milky Way Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country is Stonehenge located?
(a) India.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

2. In the world of quantum physics, there are two categories of particles: particles with fractional spin called fermions and those of integer spin, called what?
(a) Micrometers.
(b) Bosons.
(c) Nuclei.
(d) Leptons.

3. What is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines?
(a) Chronometry.
(b) Micrometer.
(c) Cartography.
(d) Parallax.

4. When was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1902.

5. In what year did Bartholomeu Diaz round the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip if Africa?
(a) 1598.
(b) 1455.
(c) 1488.
(d) 1616.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theorized that the spiral and elliptical nebulae were clouds of gas that were forming new stars?

2. When was Isaac Newton born?

3. When was Claudius Ptolemy born?

4. Copernicus and Kepler measured the distances of the solar system which were expressed in what?

5. The Islamic followers of whom misinterpreted his calculations and created a model that was cumbersome and impractical?

(see the answer key)

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