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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. When did the space shuttle Columbia explode?
(a) April 23, 2003.
(b) February 1, 2003.
(c) January 9, 2003.
(d) March 11, 2003.

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

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

4. If you weigh 150 pounds on Earth, how much will you weigh on Jupiter?
(a) About 300 pounds.
(b) 525 pounds.
(c) Nearly 400 pounds.
(d) 475 pounds.

5. In Chapter 18, how many Stinger missiles had been produced?
(a) 55,000.
(b) 65,000.
(c) 70,000.
(d) 80,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the IPCC, how much of a chance is there that humans are not responsible for global warming?

3. 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?

4. How many excess deaths does the United Nations estimate from the Chernobyl accident?

5. How how long could the lasers mentioned in Chapter 14 deliver a power of 500 trillion watts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the space shuttle Columbia, and why does the author think what happened should not be a suprise?

2. What is the main difference between nuclear and diesel submarines?

3. What are the GRACE satellites, and what are some things that they have measured?

4. What dangers were there regarding nuclear weapons at the time the book was written?

5. What are the challenges for people moving in weak gravity?

6. What is the weapon paradox?

7. What is the main physics problem in fusion reactors, and what are some solutions?

8. What needs to be understood about global warming?

9. In Chapter 15, what does the author believe is the most efficient way to travel to space?

10. In Chapter 11, what two sides are there to stockpiling weapons?

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