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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 large was a plane that was used as a weapon in the 9/11 attack?
(a) 103 tons.
(b) 142 tons.
(c) 131 tons.
(d) 158 tons.

2. Where is much of the uranium obtained?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Arizona.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Colorado.

3. In Chapter 14, where was a very large tokamak being built?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

4. At the time the book was written, how much did the GRACE satellites discover that the ice volume in Antarctica is decreasing per year?
(a) 36 cubic miles.
(b) 51 cubic miles.
(c) 43 cubic miles.
(d) 27 cubic miles.

5. If a fighter pilot enters a maneuver that accelerates him for a brief time at 9 g, what force is exerted upon him?
(a) 1,620 pounds.
(b) 1,890 pouonds.
(c) 850 pounds.
(d) 980 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many watts do humans emit?

2. What is the Earth's atmosphere?

3. How far is the moon from the Earth?

4. How much did it cost to launch a pound of anything into orbit in 2008?

5. If the energy of a space shuttle is turned into heat and the heat transferred to the shuttle, to what temperature will the shuttle's temperature rise to?

(see the answer key)

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