View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the last century, how much has the cardbon dioxide level risen?
(a) 23%.
(b) 18%.
(c) 41%.
(d) 36%.

2. In Chapter 14, how many lasers were in a building at Livermore?
(a) 192.
(b) 185.
(c) 210.
(d) 163.

3. When did the U.S. and Russia sign a treaty where they promised to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons to less than 6,000 each?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1998.

4. In Section V, how many degrees Fahrenheit does the author say that the Earth's temperature has increased in the last century?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. In Chapter 17, what speed had unmanned prototypes of scramjets reached?
(a) Mach 10.
(b) Mach 9.
(c) Mach 8.
(d) Mach 11.

6. When did China become the biggest source of the carbon dioxide increase?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2005.

7. How fast does a person falling accelerate from 0 to 66 miles per hour?
(a) 3 seconds.
(b) 10 seconds.
(c) 11 seconds.
(d) 9 seconds.

8. In Chapter 17, how many shuttles had been lost in more than 100 missions?
(a) 5.
(b) 16.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

9. How far is the moon from the Earth?
(a) 294,000 miles.
(b) 175,000 miles.
(c) 312,000 miles.
(d) 240,000 miles.

10. During the last real ice age, how much lower were the oceans than today?
(a) Over 300 feet.
(b) 150 feet.
(c) 200 feet.
(d) About 450 feet.

11. If you weighed 150 pounds on Earth, how much would you weigh on the Moon?
(a) 25.
(b) 35.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

12. When was it discovered that the amount of ozone formed in Antarctica was decreasing yearly?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1980s.

13. How long did it take the Manhattan Project scientists and engineers to build three nuclear weapons?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

14. In Chapter 18, how many Stinger missiles had been produced?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 55,000.
(c) 65,000.
(d) 70,000.

15. When did the author spend a night with the U.S. Border Patrol?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1991.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, where was a very large tokamak being built?

2. How long do the carcinogens from coal-buring plants last in the ground?

3. At 5 miles per second, how much energy of an equal weight of TNT is carried by every ounce of a space shuttle, including its human cargo?

4. How many tons of high-level nuclear waste were the underground tunnels at Yucca Mountain designed to hold?

5. How how long could the lasers mentioned in Chapter 14 deliver a power of 500 trillion watts?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 329 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample