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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how many Stinger missiles had been produced?
(a) 65,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 70,000.

2. At 5 miles per second, how much energy of an equal weight of TNT is carried by every ounce of a space shuttle, including its human cargo?
(a) 12 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 8 times.
(d) 10 times.

3. How much does a kilogram weigh?
(a) 2.4 pounds.
(b) 1.4 pounds.
(c) 2.2 pounds.
(d) 1.8 pounds.

4. What material was used to assassinate Alexander Litvinenko?
(a) Polonium-210.
(b) Tritium.
(c) Potassium-40.
(d) Cobalt-60.

5. If you weigh 150 pounds on Earth, how much will you weigh on Jupiter?
(a) About 300 pounds.
(b) Nearly 400 pounds.
(c) 525 pounds.
(d) 475 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much power can a healthy person produce by pedaling a bicycle?

2. In Chapter 15, how long would some rides at amusement parks allow riders to fall?

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

4. In the last century, how much has the cardbon dioxide level risen?

5. During what presidential administration was the neutron bomb developed?

(see the answer key)

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