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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the last real ice age, how much lower were the oceans than today?
(a) 150 feet.
(b) About 450 feet.
(c) Over 300 feet.
(d) 200 feet.

2. How many people could be killed by the radioactivity in a nuclear power plant if they ate it?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 90 million.
(c) 15 million.
(d) 30 million.

3. How many gama rays were the firefighters of Chernobyl exposed to?
(a) 750 billion.
(b) Over a quadrillion.
(c) 500 trillion.
(d) About a quintillion.

4. About how many people near the Chernobyl reactor were thought to have received about 45 rem each?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 10,000.

5. How many watts do humans emit?
(a) 25.
(b) Around 30.
(c) About 50.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. How high in altitude must a person travel to be awarded astronaut wings by the United States?

2. How much of the radioactivity in the Chernobyl reactor was possible released into the atmosphere?

3. How many tons of high-level nuclear waste were the underground tunnels at Yucca Mountain designed to hold?

4. How much does a kilogram weigh?

5. What is the Earth's atmosphere?

(see the answer key)

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