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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What size blade could a knife have before 9/11 to be carried on board a plane?
2. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?
3. How much more energy is typically released by a nuclear chain reaction than an equal weight of TNT?
4. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?
5. How many people might be killed by a blast in the center of the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Richard Reid, and what did he do?
2. Why is oil used so widely instead of other types of energy?
3. What is the greatest threat when it comes to nuclear weapons getting into the hands of terrorists, and why might that be a relatively low threat?
4. In Chapter 7, was the United States running out of fossil fuels?
5. What is radioactivity and radiation?
6. Why does the author believe solar power is not practical for automobiles?
7. What are some things that are and are not radioactive?
8. What caused most of the death and damage from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs?
9. How does the energy released by jet fuel or gasoline compare to TNT, and why is TNT used instead of other sources with more energy?
10. What anecdote does the author share regarding a conversation between one of his student's and a physicist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Space exploration can be manned or unmanned. What are the dangers of space exploration for astronauts? How can unmanned expeditions provide as much or more information than a manned flight? Why would it be safer to stop sending astronauts into space and use robots or computers?
Essay Topic 2
The 9/11 attacks were an example of low-tech terrorism. What is the difference between low-tech and high-tech terrorism? Why might terrorists prefer low-tech terrorism?
Essay Topic 3
Muller’s book is based on a class he taught at Berkeley. Why did Muller start the physics class for non-physicists? Why did he write the book?
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