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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 a pebble bed reactor have to be shut down in Germany?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1988.
2. When was there a medieval warm period?
(a) AD 1300 to 1400.
(b) AD 1100 to the 1300s.
(c) AD 1000 to the 1300s.
(d) AD 1200 to the 1400s.
3. How long did it take the Manhattan Project scientists and engineers to build three nuclear weapons?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 2 years.
4. In Chapter 15, how many satellites did the author state would be needed to view the entire globe continuously?
(a) About 5,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 4,500.
(d) Around 6,500.
5. When did China end nuclear bomb tests?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1963.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 2008, how much of the electricity generated in the United States came from nuclear power plants?
2. At what altitude in Chapter 15 would a geostationary Earth orbit satellite orbit the earth?
3. How many watts do humans emit?
4. What would the temperature of the Earth's surface be without greenhouse gases?
5. How long did the author believe it would take for a true power tokamak to become a reality in Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is X-ray backscatter, and what is it used for?
2. What happened to the space shuttle Challenger?
3. What information can be discovered from space?
4. At the time the book was written, what prototype of a nuclear waste facility was developed by the U.S. government?
5. What is the main physics problem in fusion reactors, and what are some solutions?
6. What theory did Milutin Milankovic use to explain the cyclic pattern of the ice ages?
7. Why is it not necessary to enrich the uranium in a nucelar reactor, and what types of moderators can be used?
8. In Chapter 18, what could the author see with night vision binoculars?
9. What is the weapon paradox?
10. What is the main difference between nuclear and diesel submarines?
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