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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How many tons of high-level nuclear waste were the underground tunnels at Yucca Mountain designed to hold?
(a) 45,000 tons.
(b) 92,000 tons.
(c) 110,000 tons.
(d) 77,000 tons.

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) About 200,000 degrees F.
(d) Over 140,000 degrees F.

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

9. 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) 500 pounds.
(c) 350 pounds.
(d) 200 pounds.

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

11. How many excess deaths does the United Nations estimate from the Chernobyl accident?
(a) 500.
(b) 2,700.
(c) 920.
(d) 4,000.

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

13. In Chapter 11, when did the U.S. and Russia disclosed the number of nuclear strategic warheads that they had?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2007.

14. In Chapter 15, how long would some rides at amusement parks allow riders to fall?
(a) 145 feet.
(b) 125 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 100 feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 14, where was a very large tokamak being built?

5. How far is the moon from the Earth?

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