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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since when has the average temperature of the globe risen about 1 degree Fahrenheit?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1961.

2. What limit in Chapter 8, did the U.S. government set as a limit for the general public's exposure to radioactivity?
(a) 0.1 rem.
(b) 2 rem.
(c) 0.9 rem.
(d) 1 rem.

3. Of those killed by the Hiroshima atomic bomb, what is the best estimate of the percent of people who died of radiation-induced cancer?
(a) 2.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 25.

4. When did the nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island run out of control and a third of its uranium fuel melted?
(a) April 9, 1979.
(b) February 11, 1979.
(c) May 24, 1979.
(d) March 28, 1979.

5. How many satellites needed to be in view for a GPS system to work on a plane?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What category storm was Hurricane Katrina when it destroyed New Orleans?

2. By 2008, how many kilowatt-hours would the average U.S. refrigerator use?

3. When did Marion Hubbert do an analysis that showed oil will never completely run out?

4. In Chapter 6, what was the name of Muller's student in his anecdote?

5. When did the U.S. and Russia sign a treaty where they promised to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons to less than 6,000 each?

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