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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. When did the United States go after Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan?
2. What would the temperature of the Earth's surface be without greenhouse gases?
3. How long did it take the Manhattan Project scientists and engineers to build three nuclear weapons?
4. How many times less toxic is plutonium that cyanide?
5. In Chapter 19, for what time period have written records of temperatures been analyzed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What dangers were there regarding nuclear weapons at the time the book was written?
2. What is the main difference between nuclear and diesel submarines?
3. In Chapter 13, what are the pros and cons of using depleted uranium in the shells of hydrogen bombs?
4. Why is it not necessary to enrich the uranium in a nucelar reactor, and what types of moderators can be used?
5. What was the Little Ice Age?
6. In Chapter 18, what could the author see with night vision binoculars?
7. What happened to the space shuttle Columbia, and why does the author think what happened should not be a suprise?
8. What theory did Milutin Milankovic use to explain the cyclic pattern of the ice ages?
9. What are the GRACE satellites, and what are some things that they have measured?
10. What is the main physics problem in fusion reactors, and what are some solutions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
People fear nuclear weapons. Why are nuclear weapons considered to be the most fearsome invention of the twentieth century?
Essay Topic 3
Physics is the science that seeks to better understand the behavior of the universe. Why does Muller believe a basic understanding of physics is important for future presidents?
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