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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a pebble bed reactor have to be shut down in Germany?
(a) 1986.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1988.

2. In the Manhattan Project, how much uranium did scientists believe was needed for a critical mass?
(a) 510 pounds.
(b) 440 pounds.
(c) 380 pounds.
(d) 630 pounds.

3. How many watts per square food does overhead sunlight approximately deliver to the ground?
(a) 100.
(b) 75.
(c) 200.
(d) 50.

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

5. In Chapter 6, what was the name of Muller's student in his anecdote?
(a) Liz.
(b) Dixie.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Cathi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many satellites needed to be in view for a GPS system to work on a plane?

3. How many people died from the anthrax letters sent after 9/11?

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

5. When was the Los Alamos Primer declassified and published by the United States?

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