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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tons of high-level nuclear waste were the underground tunnels at Yucca Mountain designed to hold?
(a) 45,000 tons.
(b) 92,000 tons.
(c) 110,000 tons.
(d) 77,000 tons.

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

3. How fast was a plane moving that was used as a weapon in the 9/11 attack?
(a) 634 miles per hour.
(b) 515 miles per hour.
(c) 545 miles per hour.
(d) 600 miles per hour.

4. In Chapter 11, when did the U.S. and Russia disclosed the number of nuclear strategic warheads that they had?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2007.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was gasoline a key component of the Molotov cocktails used in Spain?

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

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

4. At 100 miles altitude, what percent is the gravity from what it is on the surface?

5. How many excess deaths does the United Nations estimate from the Chernobyl accident?

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