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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, for what time period have written records of temperatures been analyzed?
(a) 1850 to the present.
(b) 1600s to the present.
(c) 1700s to the present.
(d) Early 1800s to the present.

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

3. When did Luis Alvarez and his colleagues discover a way to eliminate the need for high termperature in fusion?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1963.

4. How much in 2008 were "triple junction" (82) solar cells?
(a) $100 per square foot.
(b) $75 per square foot.
(c) Around $50 per square foot.
(d) About $65 per square foot.

5. How many pounds of liquid hydrogen can a 10-gallon auto gas tank hold?
(a) 5.7.
(b) 1.8.
(c) 3.6.
(d) 6.2.

Short Answer Questions

1. If refrigerators still needed to use as many kilowatt-hours as in 1974, how many new gigawatt power plants would have had to be provided?

2. What is the distance to the nearest star (other than the sun)?

3. How many horsepower was the maximum that the author's 1966 Volkswaagen Beetle produced?

4. In 1974 how much energy did the average refrigerator in the U.S. use?

5. How much gasoline could the deuterium yield that is found in each gallon of seawater?

(see the answer key)

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