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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1 rem.
(c) 0.1 rem.
(d) 2 rem.

2. How many deaths did the United Nations estimate around the world were caused by radiation from Chernobyl?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 5,000.

3. When did a nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in the Ukraine have a violent accident?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1987.

4. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?
(a) Strontium-90.
(b) Phosphorus-32.
(c) Cesium-137.
(d) Polonium-215.

5. How much gasoline could the deuterium yield that is found in each gallon of seawater?
(a) 125 gallons.
(b) 200 gallons.
(c) 75 gallons.
(d) 50 gallons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of the energy of gasoline is carried by the best rechargeable batteries?

2. How much bomb-grade uranium or plutonium would be needed to make a weapon in the kiloton range?

3. How many people could be killed by the radioactivity in a nuclear power plant if they ate it?

4. How long does the radioactivity of iodine-131 last?

5. How many tons of gasoline mixed with air and detonated from a parachute, release the energy of over 100 tons of TNT?

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