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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. According to the IPCC, how much of a chance is there that humans are not responsible for global warming?
2. How many tons of high-level nuclear waste were the underground tunnels at Yucca Mountain designed to hold?
3. When did the nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island run out of control and a third of its uranium fuel melted?
4. How many excess deaths does the United Nations estimate from the Chernobyl accident?
5. In Chapter 14, how many lasers were in a building at Livermore?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 15, what does the author believe is the most efficient way to travel to space?
2. What radiation levels were measured after the Three Mile Island incident, and why were the levels not caused by the accident?
3. What needs to be understood about global warming?
4. Why do all objects fall at the same speed?
5. What is the main physics problem in fusion reactors, and what are some solutions?
6. What was learned about the climate of the past from glaciers covering Greenland?
7. What does Muller say about the safety of a space shuttle?
8. What happened to the space shuttle Columbia, and why does the author think what happened should not be a suprise?
9. In Chapter 18, what could the author see with night vision binoculars?
10. At the time the book was written, what prototype of a nuclear waste facility was developed by the U.S. government?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
People fear nuclear weapons. Why are nuclear weapons considered to be the most fearsome invention of the twentieth century?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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