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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the IPCC, how much of a chance is there that humans are not responsible for global warming?
(a) 12%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 8%.
(d) 10%.

3. How many watts do humans emit?
(a) 60.
(b) About 50.
(c) 25.
(d) Around 30.

4. When was it discovered that the amount of ozone formed in Antarctica was decreasing yearly?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

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

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

7. What type of moderator is used to slow neutrons in a reactor in a power plant in the U.S.?
(a) Heavy water.
(b) Ordinary water.
(c) Beryllium.
(d) Graphite.

8. If a fusion reactor could be built, how much deuterium and tritium would be needed yearly for a gigawatt power plant?
(a) 150 pounds.
(b) 350 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 200 pounds.

9. When was there a medieval warm period?
(a) AD 1200 to the 1400s.
(b) AD 1100 to the 1300s.
(c) AD 1000 to the 1300s.
(d) AD 1300 to 1400.

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

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

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

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

14. Where is much of the uranium obtained?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Colorado.

15. How high in altitude must a person travel to be awarded astronaut wings by the United States?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) 100 miles.
(c) 75 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

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 11, when did the U.S. and Russia disclosed the number of nuclear strategic warheads that they had?

3. 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?

4. If a fighter pilot enters a maneuver that accelerates him for a brief time at 9 g, what force is exerted upon him?

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

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