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

2. How far is the moon from the Earth?
(a) 240,000 miles.
(b) 294,000 miles.
(c) 312,000 miles.
(d) 175,000 miles.

3. If a fighter pilot enters a maneuver that accelerates him for a brief time at 9 g, what force is exerted upon him?
(a) 1,620 pounds.
(b) 850 pounds.
(c) 980 pounds.
(d) 1,890 pouonds.

4. When did the author spend a night with the U.S. Border Patrol?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1989.

5. 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) 350 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 200 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what period of time was the temperature about 2 degrees F than at the time the book was written?

2. When did a pebble bed reactor have to be shut down in Germany?

3. When did China end nuclear bomb tests?

4. How much of the atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide?

5. How much did it cost to launch a pound of anything into orbit in 2008?

Short Essay Questions

1. What theory did Milutin Milankovic use to explain the cyclic pattern of the ice ages?

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

3. What happened to the space shuttle Challenger?

4. What needs to be understood about global warming?

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

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

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

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

9. What information can be discovered from space?

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

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