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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much power can a healthy person produce by pedaling a bicycle?
(a) 3/4 horsepower.
(b) 1/7 horsepower.
(c) 1/3 horsepower.
(d) 1 horsepower.

2. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?
(a) 200 times.
(b) About 500 times.
(c) Over 1,000 times.
(d) 800 times.

3. In Chapter 6, what was the name of Muller's student in his anecdote?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Cathi.
(c) Liz.
(d) Dixie.

4. How many horsepower was the maximum that the author's 1966 Volkswaagen Beetle produced?
(a) 125.
(b) 100.
(c) 50.
(d) 75.

5. How much more natural radioactivity are people living in Denver exposed to than someone in New York City?
(a) 0.8 rem.
(b) 0.5 rem.
(c) 0.2 rem.
(d) 0.1 rem.

Short Answer Questions

1. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?

2. How many kilotons of TNT were used by Al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001?

3. How long does the radioactivity of iodine-131 last?

4. How much of a half-life does carbon-14 have?

5. How many deaths did the United Nations estimate around the world were caused by radiation from Chernobyl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is oil used so widely instead of other types of energy?

2. How does the energy released by jet fuel or gasoline compare to TNT, and why is TNT used instead of other sources with more energy?

3. Why does the author believe solar power is not practical for automobiles?

4. How does food compare in energy to gasoline and to TNT?

5. What was the Davy Crockett weapon?

6. Who was Richard Reid, and what did he do?

7. What caused most of the death and damage from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs?

8. How does radioactivity go away?

9. What happened to anthrax that was grown in Soviet laboratories, and what threat could it still pose?

10. How long will the U.S. be able to use coal?

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