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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 long can a pilot fighter endure the force of 9g if they are wearing the right type of pressurized suit?
(a) About 10 seconds.
(b) Half of a second.
(c) A fraction of a second.
(d) 1/100 of a second.

2. At what altitude in Chapter 15 would a geostationary Earth orbit satellite orbit the earth?
(a) 31,000 miles.
(b) 22,000 miles.
(c) 33,000 miles.
(d) 27,000 miles.

3. How much of a half-life does carbon-14 have?
(a) 4,592 years.
(b) 3,910 years.
(c) 5,730 years.
(d) 2,840 years.

4. How much of the atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide?
(a) 0.579%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 2%.
(d) 0.038%.

5. When was the Los Alamos Primer declassified and published by the United States?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1980s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the space shuttle Columbia explode?

2. When was gasoline a key component of the Molotov cocktails used in Spain?

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

4. In 2008, how much did solar cells cost per square yard?

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

(see the answer key)

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