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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 Challenger explode?
(a) April 19, 1986.
(b) January 28, 1986.
(c) March 2, 1986.
(d) February 9, 1986.

2. How much does the IPCC estimate that temperatures could rise during your lifetime?
(a) 1 to 5 degrees F.
(b) 2 to 8 degrees F.
(c) 4 to 15 degrees F.
(d) 3 to 10 degrees F.

3. In 2007, where was a secret nuclear facility discovered when Israel attacked the country?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Syria.
(c) Albania.
(d) Pakistan.

4. When did a pebble bed reactor have to be shut down in Germany?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1988.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the last real ice age, how much lower were the oceans than today?

2. When did the United States go after Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan?

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

4. When did China end nuclear bomb tests?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what could the author see with night vision binoculars?

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

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

4. What radiation levels were measured after the Three Mile Island incident, and why were the levels not caused by the accident?

5. What does Muller say about the safety of a space shuttle?

6. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the author believe about nuclear power in the U.S.?

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

8. Why do all objects fall at the same speed?

9. What is X-ray backscatter, and what is it used for?

10. Why is it not necessary to enrich the uranium in a nucelar reactor, and what types of moderators can be used?

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