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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, when did the U.S. and Russia disclosed the number of nuclear strategic warheads that they had?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2006.

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

3. How much does a kilogram weigh?
(a) 2.2 pounds.
(b) 2.4 pounds.
(c) 1.4 pounds.
(d) 1.8 pounds.

4. How many watts do humans emit?
(a) Around 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 25.
(d) About 50.

5. In Chapter 15, how many satellites did the author state would be needed to view the entire globe continuously?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 4,500.
(c) About 5,000.
(d) Around 6,500.

6. What type of moderator is used to slow neutrons in a reactor in a power plant in the U.S.?
(a) Ordinary water.
(b) Graphite.
(c) Heavy water.
(d) Beryllium.

7. When did a pebble bed reactor have to be shut down in Germany?
(a) 1986.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1988.
(d) 2000.

8. At what altitude in Chapter 15 would a geostationary Earth orbit satellite orbit the earth?
(a) 22,000 miles.
(b) 33,000 miles.
(c) 31,000 miles.
(d) 27,000 miles.

9. In Part IV, how long did it take to go between Moscow and New York City by satellite?
(a) 13 minutes.
(b) 21 minutes.
(c) 17 minutes.
(d) 34 minutes.

10. How many times less toxic is plutonium that cyanide?
(a) About 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) Around 2.

11. In Chapter 15, how long would some rides at amusement parks allow riders to fall?
(a) 145 feet.
(b) 100 feet.
(c) 125 feet.
(d) 50 feet.

12. How much does the IPCC estimate that temperatures could rise during your lifetime?
(a) 4 to 15 degrees F.
(b) 3 to 10 degrees F.
(c) 2 to 8 degrees F.
(d) 1 to 5 degrees F.

13. How much gasoline could the deuterium yield that is found in each gallon of seawater?
(a) 50 gallons.
(b) 75 gallons.
(c) 125 gallons.
(d) 200 gallons.

14. During what period of time was the temperature about 2 degrees F than at the time the book was written?
(a) 1860 to 1910.
(b) 1900 to 1945.
(c) 1890 to 1925.
(d) 1870 to 1920.

15. 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?
(a) 12 times.
(b) 10 times.
(c) 8 times.
(d) 5 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many excess deaths does the United Nations estimate from the Chernobyl accident?

2. In 2007, where was a secret nuclear facility discovered when Israel attacked the country?

3. At 100 miles altitude, what percent is the gravity from what it is on the surface?

4. What would the temperature of the Earth's surface be without greenhouse gases?

5. About how much energy does a large nuclear plant produce?

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