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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How fast does a person falling accelerate from 0 to 66 miles per hour?
(a) 10 seconds.
(b) 11 seconds.
(c) 3 seconds.
(d) 9 seconds.

2. In Chapter 23, if the U.S. reduced carbon dioxide emissions, how long would it take China and India to cancel any cutback?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 years.

3. During the oil crisis of the 1970s, at what percent did conservation improve per year?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. When was the last date that anthrax letters were sent in 2001?
(a) September 28.
(b) October 9.
(c) December 3.
(d) November 16.

5. When did Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann mistakenly believe they had achieved cold fusion?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1991.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the mid-1980s in California, how many years in a row were there below-average rain and snowfall?

2. How much of the atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide?

3. In Chapter 5, what was the cost of nautral gass per million cubic feet?

4. How much in 2008 were "triple junction" (82) solar cells?

5. In Chapter 13, where was there a prototype nuclear waste facility?

(see the answer key)

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