View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the radioactivity of potassium-40 last?
(a) A billion years.
(b) 9 trillion years.
(c) 2 million years.
(d) 100,000 years.

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

3. When did North Korea test its first atomic bomb?
(a) November 18, 2006.
(b) January 7, 2006.
(c) July 11, 2006.
(d) October 9, 2006.

4. How many rem was it estimated that survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki received?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

5. How many joules does one food calorie contain?
(a) Around 3,900.
(b) 4,800.
(c) About 4,200.
(d) 3,700.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much more energy is typically released by a nuclear chain reaction than an equal weight of TNT?

3. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?

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

5. How many tons of coal did the author say that the U.S. had in reserves in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 180 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample