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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. How much of the atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide?
(a) 1%.
(b) 0.038%.
(c) 0.579%.
(d) 2%.
2. In 2008, how much of the electricity generated in the United States came from nuclear power plants?
(a) 25%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 15%.
3. During the last real ice age, how much lower were the oceans than today?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) About 450 feet.
(c) Over 300 feet.
(d) 150 feet.
4. How many astronauts were killed in the space shuttle Columbia explosion?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.
5. How much gasoline could the deuterium yield that is found in each gallon of seawater?
(a) 125 gallons.
(b) 50 gallons.
(c) 200 gallons.
(d) 75 gallons.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of moderator is used to slow neutrons in a reactor in a power plant in the U.S.?
2. How high in altitude must a person travel to be awarded astronaut wings by the United States?
3. When did China become the biggest source of the carbon dioxide increase?
4. In Chapter 18, how many Stinger missiles had been produced?
5. In Chapter 14, how many lasers were in a building at Livermore?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the challenges for people moving in weak gravity?
2. In Chapter 13, what are the pros and cons of using depleted uranium in the shells of hydrogen bombs?
3. What dangers were there regarding nuclear weapons at the time the book was written?
4. What is the main physics problem in fusion reactors, and what are some solutions?
5. What does Muller say about the safety of a space shuttle?
6. Why do all objects fall at the same speed?
7. What are the GRACE satellites, and what are some things that they have measured?
8. What is X-ray backscatter, and what is it used for?
9. At the end of Chapter 14, what does the author believe about nuclear power in the U.S.?
10. What needs to be understood about global warming?
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