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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 fast does a person falling accelerate from 0 to 66 miles per hour?
(a) 10 seconds.
(b) 3 seconds.
(c) 11 seconds.
(d) 9 seconds.

2. When did the space shuttle Columbia explode?
(a) April 23, 2003.
(b) February 1, 2003.
(c) January 9, 2003.
(d) March 11, 2003.

3. When was it discovered that the amount of ozone formed in Antarctica was decreasing yearly?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1970s.

4. How much bomb-grade uranium or plutonium would be needed to make a weapon in the kiloton range?
(a) 5 pounds.
(b) 15 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 20 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section V, how many degrees Fahrenheit does the author say that the Earth's temperature has increased in the last century?

2. How many satellites needed to be in view for a GPS system to work on a plane?

3. What is the blast range for each warhead carried on nuclear missiles in Chapter 2?

4. What limit in Chapter 8, did the U.S. government set as a limit for the general public's exposure to radioactivity?

5. During what presidential administration was the neutron bomb developed?

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