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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much gasoline could the deuterium yield that is found in each gallon of seawater?
(a) 50 gallons.
(b) 75 gallons.
(c) 125 gallons.
(d) 200 gallons.

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

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) 850 pounds.
(b) 1,620 pounds.
(c) 980 pounds.
(d) 1,890 pouonds.

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

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

7. In Chapter 17, how many shuttles had been lost in more than 100 missions?
(a) 9.
(b) 16.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

8. What is the distance to the nearest star (other than the sun)?
(a) About 4 light-years.
(b) 8 light-years.
(c) Around 5 light-years.
(d) 2 light-years.

9. When did Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann mistakenly believe they had achieved cold fusion?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1991.

10. At the time the book was written, how much did the GRACE satellites discover that the ice volume in Antarctica is decreasing per year?
(a) 51 cubic miles.
(b) 36 cubic miles.
(c) 43 cubic miles.
(d) 27 cubic miles.

11. In what country is plutonium-239 not considered nuclear waste?
(a) Canada.
(b) U.S.
(c) Russia.
(d) Canada.

12. How much does a kilogram weigh?
(a) 1.8 pounds.
(b) 2.2 pounds.
(c) 2.4 pounds.
(d) 1.4 pounds.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What would the temperature of the Earth's surface be without greenhouse gases?

3. How long can a pilot fighter endure the force of 9g if they are wearing the right type of pressurized suit?

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

5. How fast is the Moon moving in respect to Earth?

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