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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many horsepower do car engines deliver?
(a) 50 to 200.
(b) 250.
(c) 100 to 300.
(d) 150.

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?
(a) 2.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 25.

3. How much in 2008 were "triple junction" (82) solar cells?
(a) About $65 per square foot.
(b) $100 per square foot.
(c) $75 per square foot.
(d) Around $50 per square foot.

4. How many people might be killed by a blast in the center of the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 240,000.
(d) 210,000.

5. How much power can a healthy person produce by pedaling a bicycle?
(a) 3/4 horsepower.
(b) 1 horsepower.
(c) 1/7 horsepower.
(d) 1/3 horsepower.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how much cheaper was coal than gasoline, for the same energy?

2. How many rem was it estimated that survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki received?

3. How much of a rem is in tooth X-rays?

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

5. What material was used to assassinate Alexander Litvinenko?

(see the answer key)

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