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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 17, what speed had unmanned prototypes of scramjets reached?
(a) Mach 9.
(b) Mach 10.
(c) Mach 11.
(d) Mach 8.

6. In Chapter 15, how many satellites did the author state would be needed to view the entire globe continuously?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 4,500.
(c) About 5,000.
(d) Around 6,500.

7. 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) 170,000 degrees F.
(b) 128,000 degrees F.
(c) Over 140,000 degrees F.
(d) About 200,000 degrees F.

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

9. How many times less toxic is plutonium that cyanide?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) Around 2.
(d) About 5.

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

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

12. About how much energy does a large nuclear plant produce?
(a) 2 billion watts.
(b) 900 million watts.
(c) 1 million watts.
(d) A billion watts.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what altitude in Chapter 15 would a geostationary Earth orbit satellite orbit the earth?

2. When was the Los Alamos Primer declassified and published by the United States?

3. In 2008, how much of the electricity generated in the United States came from nuclear power plants?

4. How far is the moon from the Earth?

5. In Chapter 13, where was there a prototype nuclear waste facility?

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