View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the IPCC, how much of a chance is there that humans are not responsible for global warming?
(a) 8%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 10%.

2. In Chapter 7, when oil would rise to what price per barrel did countries take their coal reserves and convert them to oil?
(a) About $50.
(b) About $60.
(c) About $65.
(d) About $55.

3. How how long could the lasers mentioned in Chapter 14 deliver a power of 500 trillion watts?
(a) 4 nanoseconds.
(b) 5 nanoseconds.
(c) 6 nanoseconds.
(d) 1 nanosecond.

4. How many rem was it estimated that survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki received?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

5. In 2008, how much did solar cells cost per square yard?
(a) $125,000.
(b) Around $75,000.
(c) About $100,000.
(d) $50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, for what time period have written records of temperatures been analyzed?

2. Of those killed by the Hiroshima atomic bomb, what is the best estimate of the percent of people who died of radiation-induced cancer?

3. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?

4. How many times less toxic is plutonium that cyanide?

5. How many astronauts were killed in the space shuttle Columbia explosion?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 187 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample