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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) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 4 years.

2. How many tons of coal did the author say that the U.S. had in reserves in Chapter 7?
(a) 11 billion.
(b) About 3 trillion.
(c) About 2 trillion.
(d) 4 billion.

3. In Chapter 17, how many shuttles had been lost in more than 100 missions?
(a) 2.
(b) 16.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

4. When did Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann mistakenly believe they had achieved cold fusion?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1994.

5. How much does the IPCC estimate that temperatures could rise during your lifetime?
(a) 1 to 5 degrees F.
(b) 4 to 15 degrees F.
(c) 3 to 10 degrees F.
(d) 2 to 8 degrees F.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the radioactivity of potassium-40 last?

2. When did China become the biggest source of the carbon dioxide increase?

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

4. When did the nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island run out of control and a third of its uranium fuel melted?

5. If a fusion reactor could be built, how much deuterium and tritium would be needed yearly for a gigawatt power plant?

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