View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how many satellites did the author state would be needed to view the entire globe continuously?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 4,500.
(c) Around 6,500.
(d) About 5,000.

2. When was the Los Alamos Primer declassified and published by the United States?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1950s.

3. At 100 miles altitude, what percent is the gravity from what it is on the surface?
(a) 95.
(b) 80.
(c) 60.
(d) 75.

4. How much did it cost to launch a pound of anything into orbit in 2008?
(a) $3,330.
(b) About $5,000.
(c) $4,975.
(d) Around $7,500.

5. In Chapter 17, how many shuttles had been lost in more than 100 missions?
(a) 5.
(b) 16.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

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. How fast is the Moon moving in respect to Earth?

3. If you weigh 150 pounds on Earth, how much will you weigh on Jupiter?

4. When did the author spend a night with the U.S. Border Patrol?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is X-ray backscatter, and what is it used for?

2. What dangers were there regarding nuclear weapons at the time the book was written?

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

4. What was the Little Ice Age?

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

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

7. What is the main physics problem in fusion reactors, and what are some solutions?

8. In Chapter 15, what does the author believe is the most efficient way to travel to space?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,058 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample