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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take the Manhattan Project scientists and engineers to build three nuclear weapons?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 2 years.

2. How far is the moon from the Earth?
(a) 312,000 miles.
(b) 240,000 miles.
(c) 294,000 miles.
(d) 175,000 miles.

3. What limit in Chapter 8, did the U.S. government set as a limit for the general public's exposure to radioactivity?
(a) 0.9 rem.
(b) 0.1 rem.
(c) 2 rem.
(d) 1 rem.

4. Where is much of the uranium obtained?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Arizona.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Colorado.

5. If a fighter pilot enters a maneuver that accelerates him for a brief time at 9 g, what force is exerted upon him?
(a) 850 pounds.
(b) 980 pounds.
(c) 1,620 pounds.
(d) 1,890 pouonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, approximately what percent of people died from cancer of unknown causes?

2. If you weigh 150 pounds on Earth, how much will you weigh on Jupiter?

3. When did the U.S. and Russia sign a treaty where they promised to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons to less than 6,000 each?

4. About how much energy does a large nuclear plant produce?

5. How many watts per square food does overhead sunlight approximately deliver to the ground?

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