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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a National Academy of Science report show no significant increase in birth defects of the children of victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2005.

2. When did the United States place an embargo on Japanese oil imports after they invaded China?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1941.

3. How many tons of gasoline mixed with air and detonated from a parachute, release the energy of over 100 tons of TNT?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. How much of a rem is in tooth X-rays?
(a) 1/750.
(b) 1/2000.
(c) 1/500.
(d) 1/1000.

5. In Chapter 5, what was the cost of nautral gass per million cubic feet?
(a) $10.
(b) $8.
(c) $15.
(d) $12.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Marion Hubbert do an analysis that showed oil will never completely run out?

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

3. About how many people near the Chernobyl reactor were thought to have received about 45 rem each?

4. What limit in Chapter 8, did the U.S. government set as a limit for the general public's exposure to radioactivity?

5. Exposure to what level of rem will incapacitate you within hours?

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