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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How fast is the Moon moving in respect to Earth?
(a) 1.7 miles per second.
(b) 0.4 miles per second.
(c) 0.6 miles per second.
(d) 1.2 miles per second.

2. When did the space shuttle Challenger explode?
(a) January 28, 1986.
(b) April 19, 1986.
(c) February 9, 1986.
(d) March 2, 1986.

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

4. When was Iraq attempting to develop nuclear weapons?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1997.

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

6. How many people could be killed by the radioactivity in a nuclear power plant if they ate it?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 15 million.
(c) 90 million.
(d) 30 million.

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

8. During what presidential administration was the neutron bomb developed?
(a) Ford.
(b) Carter.
(c) Bush.
(d) Reagan.

9. When did China become the biggest source of the carbon dioxide increase?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2007.

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

11. In a pebble bed reactor, how deep is the bed of pebbles where the uranium is placed?
(a) 3 inches.
(b) 1 1/2 inches.
(c) 2 1/2 inches.
(d) 4 inches.

12. How many astronauts were killed in the space shuttle Columbia explosion?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time the book was written, how much did the GRACE satellites discover that the ice volume in Antarctica is decreasing per year?

2. About how much energy does a large nuclear plant produce?

3. In what country is plutonium-239 not considered nuclear waste?

4. In Chapter 15, how long would some rides at amusement parks allow riders to fall?

5. When did the author spend a night with the U.S. Border Patrol?

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