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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the United States go after Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2003.

2. How long can a pilot fighter endure the force of 9g if they are wearing the right type of pressurized suit?
(a) 1/100 of a second.
(b) Half of a second.
(c) About 10 seconds.
(d) A fraction of a second.

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

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

5. How long did the author believe it would take for a true power tokamak to become a reality in Chapter 14?
(a) About 50 years.
(b) At least 20 years.
(c) 75 years.
(d) 100 years.

6. At 100 miles altitude, what percent is the gravity from what it is on the surface?
(a) 95.
(b) 60.
(c) 75.
(d) 80.

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

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

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

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

11. When did the nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island run out of control and a third of its uranium fuel melted?
(a) February 11, 1979.
(b) May 24, 1979.
(c) April 9, 1979.
(d) March 28, 1979.

12. 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.

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

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

15. 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) 13 minutes.
(d) 17 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did China become the biggest source of the carbon dioxide increase?

2. When did Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann mistakenly believe they had achieved cold fusion?

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

4. When was it discovered that the amount of ozone formed in Antarctica was decreasing yearly?

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

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