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

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

3. When did Marion Hubbert do an analysis that showed oil will never completely run out?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1949.

4. When the author had his feet x-rayed as a child, how much radiation did his feet probably receive?
(a) 55 rem.
(b) 50 rem.
(c) 45 rem.
(d) 60 rem.

5. When did the United States build a small nuclear weapon called the Davy Crockett?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1964.
(c) Late 1960s.
(d) Early 1960s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many deaths did the United Nations estimate around the world were caused by radiation from Chernobyl?

2. How many tons of jet fuel did each plane carry in the 9/11 attack?

3. When did a National Academy of Science report show no significant increase in birth defects of the children of victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

4. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?

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

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