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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how long would some rides at amusement parks allow riders to fall?
(a) 125 feet.
(b) 100 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 145 feet.

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

3. How much does the IPCC estimate that temperatures could rise during your lifetime?
(a) 2 to 8 degrees F.
(b) 4 to 15 degrees F.
(c) 1 to 5 degrees F.
(d) 3 to 10 degrees F.

4. In Chapter 14, how many lasers were in a building at Livermore?
(a) 163.
(b) 185.
(c) 210.
(d) 192.

5. How long did it take the Manhattan Project scientists and engineers to build three nuclear weapons?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.

6. If you weighed 150 pounds on Earth, how much would you weigh on the Moon?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 25.

7. What would the temperature of the Earth's surface be without greenhouse gases?
(a) 12 degrees F.
(b) 10 degrees F.
(c) 5 degrees F.
(d) 25 degrees F.

8. In Chapter 18, how many Stinger missiles had been produced?
(a) 65,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 70,000.
(d) 55,000.

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

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

11. 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?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1991.

12. At 5 miles per second, how much energy of an equal weight of TNT is carried by every ounce of a space shuttle, including its human cargo?
(a) 10 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 8 times.
(d) 12 times.

13. How long do the carcinogens from coal-buring plants last in the ground?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) Forever.

14. During what period of time was the temperature about 2 degrees F than at the time the book was written?
(a) 1900 to 1945.
(b) 1870 to 1920.
(c) 1860 to 1910.
(d) 1890 to 1925.

15. When were high sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean detected by infrared satellites in Chapter 18?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2006.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the United States go after Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan?

3. In Part IV, how long did it take to go between Moscow and New York City by satellite?

4. How long can a pilot fighter endure the force of 9g if they are wearing the right type of pressurized suit?

5. When was there a medieval warm period?

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