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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What size blade could a knife have before 9/11 to be carried on board a plane?
(a) Less than 4 inches.
(b) About 2 inches.
(c) Less than 5 inches.
(d) About 3 inches.

2. In 2007, where was a secret nuclear facility discovered when Israel attacked the country?
(a) Albania.
(b) Syria.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Pakistan.

3. How long do the carcinogens from coal-buring plants last in the ground?
(a) 50 years.
(b) Forever.
(c) 500 years.
(d) 100 years.

4. At 100 miles altitude, what percent is the gravity from what it is on the surface?
(a) 95.
(b) 75.
(c) 60.
(d) 80.

5. 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) 150 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 350 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much of the radioactivity in the Chernobyl reactor was possible released into the atmosphere?

3. In Chapter 6, what was the name of Muller's student in his anecdote?

4. In 1974 how much energy did the average refrigerator in the U.S. use?

5. In the NOAA report "The Climate of 2006" (288), how long have strong to violent tornadoes been slowly decreasing?

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