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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 the NOAA report "The Climate of 2006" (288), how long have strong to violent tornadoes been slowly decreasing?
(a) 55 years.
(b) 45 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 35 years.

2. In 2007, where was a secret nuclear facility discovered when Israel attacked the country?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Albania.
(c) Syria.
(d) Turkey.

3. What material was used to assassinate Alexander Litvinenko?
(a) Polonium-210.
(b) Potassium-40.
(c) Cobalt-60.
(d) Tritium.

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

5. When did Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann mistakenly believe they had achieved cold fusion?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tons of high-level nuclear waste were the underground tunnels at Yucca Mountain designed to hold?

2. 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?

3. Exposure to what level of rem will incapacitate you within hours?

4. In Chapter 14, where was a very large tokamak being built?

5. In Chapter 7, when oil would rise to what price per barrel did countries take their coal reserves and convert them to oil?

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