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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much more energy is typically released by a nuclear chain reaction than an equal weight of TNT?
(a) 10,000 times.
(b) 15 million times.
(c) 20 million times.
(d) 500,000 times.

2. How long does the radioactivity of iodine-131 last?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 months.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A month.

3. At the time the book was written, what company was second in oil reserves only to Saudi Arabia?
(a) Iran.
(b) United States.
(c) Canada.
(d) Russia.

4. What percent of the energy of gasoline is carried by the best rechargeable batteries?
(a) 8.
(b) 1.
(c) 27.
(d) 34.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many watts per square food does overhead sunlight approximately deliver to the ground?

4. A ton of TNT is equal to the energy of how many food calories?

5. At what temperature did the columns of the World Trade Center become vulnerable to buckling?

(see the answer key)

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