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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much more natural radioactivity are people living in Denver exposed to than someone in New York City?
(a) 0.1 rem.
(b) 0.2 rem.
(c) 0.5 rem.
(d) 0.8 rem.

2. In Chapter 13, where was there a prototype nuclear waste facility?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Utah.
(d) Arizona.

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

4. When was there a medieval warm period?
(a) AD 1000 to the 1300s.
(b) AD 1300 to 1400.
(c) AD 1100 to the 1300s.
(d) AD 1200 to the 1400s.

5. In Chapter 4, how many people could have been killed by the anthrax spores mailed to news organizations?
(a) Millions.
(b) Hundreds of thousands.
(c) 575,000.
(d) 350,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a pebble bed reactor, how deep is the bed of pebbles where the uranium is placed?

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

3. How high in altitude must a person travel to be awarded astronaut wings by the United States?

4. When did North Korea have a nuclear weapon test in Chapter 1?

5. When did the author spend a night with the U.S. Border Patrol?

(see the answer key)

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