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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) 2000.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1986.
2. If you weigh 150 pounds on Earth, how much will you weigh on Jupiter?
(a) 525 pounds.
(b) About 300 pounds.
(c) Nearly 400 pounds.
(d) 475 pounds.
3. In Chapter 19, for what time period have written records of temperatures been analyzed?
(a) 1700s to the present.
(b) 1850 to the present.
(c) Early 1800s to the present.
(d) 1600s to the present.
4. During what presidential administration was the neutron bomb developed?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Carter.
(c) Ford.
(d) Bush.
5. In Chapter 17, how many shuttles had been lost in more than 100 missions?
(a) 2.
(b) 16.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many excess deaths does the United Nations estimate from the Chernobyl accident?
2. In Chapter 15, how many satellites did the author state would be needed to view the entire globe continuously?
3. When was there a medieval warm period?
4. How much does a kilogram weigh?
5. When did the space shuttle Challenger explode?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is X-ray backscatter, and what is it used for?
2. What was learned about the climate of the past from glaciers covering Greenland?
3. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the author believe about nuclear power in the U.S.?
4. What information can be discovered from space?
5. In Chapter 13, what are the pros and cons of using depleted uranium in the shells of hydrogen bombs?
6. What happened to the space shuttle Columbia, and why does the author think what happened should not be a suprise?
7. Why do all objects fall at the same speed?
8. What does Muller say about the safety of a space shuttle?
9. What radiation levels were measured after the Three Mile Island incident, and why were the levels not caused by the accident?
10. What is the main difference between nuclear and diesel submarines?
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