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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did a pebble bed reactor have to be shut down in Germany?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1986.
(d) 2002.

3. In Part IV, how long did it take to go between Moscow and New York City by satellite?
(a) 17 minutes.
(b) 21 minutes.
(c) 13 minutes.
(d) 34 minutes.

4. If a fighter pilot enters a maneuver that accelerates him for a brief time at 9 g, what force is exerted upon him?
(a) 1,620 pounds.
(b) 1,890 pouonds.
(c) 850 pounds.
(d) 980 pounds.

5. In 2008, how much of the electricity generated in the United States came from nuclear power plants?
(a) 20%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 15%.

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

7. 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) March 28, 1979.
(c) May 24, 1979.
(d) February 11, 1979.

8. When did China end nuclear bomb tests?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1974.

9. In the last century, how much has the cardbon dioxide level risen?
(a) 23%.
(b) 36%.
(c) 18%.
(d) 41%.

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

11. If the energy of a space shuttle is turned into heat and the heat transferred to the shuttle, to what temperature will the shuttle's temperature rise to?
(a) Over 140,000 degrees F.
(b) About 200,000 degrees F.
(c) 170,000 degrees F.
(d) 128,000 degrees F.

12. During the last real ice age, how much lower were the oceans than today?
(a) About 450 feet.
(b) 150 feet.
(c) 200 feet.
(d) Over 300 feet.

13. How how long could the lasers mentioned in Chapter 14 deliver a power of 500 trillion watts?
(a) 6 nanoseconds.
(b) 4 nanoseconds.
(c) 5 nanoseconds.
(d) 1 nanosecond.

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

15. How much did it cost to launch a pound of anything into orbit in 2008?
(a) About $5,000.
(b) Around $7,500.
(c) $4,975.
(d) $3,330.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people could be killed by the radioactivity in a nuclear power plant if they ate it?

2. In Chapter 15, how many satellites did the author state would be needed to view the entire globe continuously?

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

4. How much does the IPCC estimate that temperatures could rise during your lifetime?

5. How far is the moon from the Earth?

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