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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. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?

2. How many beta rays must a fifth of whiskey emit every minute or be considered unfit for human consumption?

3. How long were the steel columns of the World Trade Center designed to maintain their strength during an ordinary fire?

4. In Chapter 5, what was the cost of nautral gass per million cubic feet?

5. How many satellites needed to be in view for a GPS system to work on a plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What must alcohol be made from the U.S. and how is it determined that it has been made properly?

3. Who was Richard Reid, and what did he do?

4. How long will the U.S. be able to use coal?

5. In Chapter 7, was the United States running out of fossil fuels?

6. What are hydrogen bombs and their power?

7. Why is oil used so widely instead of other types of energy?

8. What caused most of the death and damage from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs?

9. How might a solar plane be useful for surveillance?

10. How have gasoline and oil been used in the past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are different types of light that are formed with frequencies that are too low or too high for the human eye to sense. What are these types of invisible light? How can they be used for private and military purposes?

Essay Topic 2

In 1979, a nuclear reactor ran out of control and a third of its uranium fuel melted. What happened during the incident at Three Mile Island? How much radiation was released by the accident? How was the perception of the accident worse than its reality?

Essay Topic 3

Anthrax is a biological weapon. How was anthrax used as a weapon in 2001? Why is it considered a biological weapon? Why is it not successful on a large scale in killing people?

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