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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 the last century, how much has the cardbon dioxide level risen?
(a) 18%.
(b) 23%.
(c) 41%.
(d) 36%.
2. In 2007, where was a secret nuclear facility discovered when Israel attacked the country?
(a) Syria.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Albania.
(d) Pakistan.
3. In Chapter 18, how many Stinger missiles had been produced?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 65,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 70,000.
4. When did Luis Alvarez and his colleagues discover a way to eliminate the need for high termperature in fusion?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1961.
5. How many watts do humans emit?
(a) Around 30.
(b) 60.
(c) About 50.
(d) 25.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what country is plutonium-239 not considered nuclear waste?
2. How much gasoline could the deuterium yield that is found in each gallon of seawater?
3. When was Iraq attempting to develop nuclear weapons?
4. In Chapter 17, what speed had unmanned prototypes of scramjets reached?
5. During what presidential administration was the neutron bomb developed?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the author believe about nuclear power in the U.S.?
2. What radiation levels were measured after the Three Mile Island incident, and why were the levels not caused by the accident?
3. In Chapter 18, what could the author see with night vision binoculars?
4. Why do all objects fall at the same speed?
5. What does Muller say about the safety of a space shuttle?
6. What theory did Milutin Milankovic use to explain the cyclic pattern of the ice ages?
7. What is the main physics problem in fusion reactors, and what are some solutions?
8. What dangers were there regarding nuclear weapons at the time the book was written?
9. What needs to be understood about global warming?
10. What happened to the space shuttle Columbia, and why does the author think what happened should not be a suprise?
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