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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did China become the biggest source of the carbon dioxide increase?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2004.

2. In Chapter 11, when did the U.S. and Russia disclosed the number of nuclear strategic warheads that they had?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2005.

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

4. How much did the small nuclear weapon the Davy Crockett weigh?
(a) 60 pounds.
(b) 55 pounds.
(c) About 50 pounds.
(d) Around 40 pounds.

5. How high in altitude must a person travel to be awarded astronaut wings by the United States?
(a) 75 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 60 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does a kilogram weigh?

2. How many times less toxic is plutonium that cyanide?

3. At 5 miles per second, how much energy of an equal weight of TNT is carried by every ounce of a space shuttle, including its human cargo?

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

5. How fast is the Moon moving in respect to Earth?

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