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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, where was there a prototype nuclear waste facility?
(a) Utah.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Arizona.
(d) New Mexico.

3. In 2008, how much of the electricity generated in the United States came from nuclear power plants?
(a) 15%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 25%.

4. If a fusion reactor could be built, how much deuterium and tritium would be needed yearly for a gigawatt power plant?
(a) 200 pounds.
(b) 500 pounds.
(c) 350 pounds.
(d) 150 pounds.

5. What is the distance to the nearest star (other than the sun)?
(a) 8 light-years.
(b) 2 light-years.
(c) About 4 light-years.
(d) Around 5 light-years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times less toxic is plutonium that cyanide?

2. When did Marion Hubbert do an analysis that showed oil will never completely run out?

3. When did China end nuclear bomb tests?

4. How many horsepower was the maximum that the author's 1966 Volkswaagen Beetle produced?

5. When did President Reagan announced that he had reduced the total yield of the U.S. nuclear arsenal?

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