Part 1:
Issue 1
What does open access movement pertain to:
A. Using Linux software
B. Another term for diversity an inclusion of different opinions
C. To put peer-reviewed articles online free of charge
D. Artificial intelligence
The basic premise of copyright is what:
A. Our ability to choose right, wrong, and controversial behavior
B. Our ability to use speed, use fact and use technology correctly
C. It is designed to protect the public
D. Our capacity be creative
What is SPARC?
A. Membership of more than 225 university libraries working to expand scholarly research results
B. Scientific Professionals Assessing Research Content
C. Research based on Technology
D. Taxpayer protection agency
Federal Research common ground debate is based on The right of academic publishers to make a profit versus the public's right to access research True or False
Issue 2
What is a one explanation given for Intelligent Design?
A. Religion and science is all about faith
B. An effort to show evolution is incapable of providing satisfactory explanation to random chance questions.
C. No science just faith
D. God is argued as the creator of everything
Michael Behe asserts that living systems exhibit an:
A. Irreducible complexity that cannot be derived from piecemeal evolution
B. Intelligent Design that will become the leading argument within 20 years
C. Ever changing complex evolutionary system which will never be explained
D. Progression of tissues that confirm evolution to be a fact
With regards to evolution, what is natural selection?
A. All organisms survive and develop by chance
B. The strongest species will always mate with the stronger species
C. Evolution requires millions of years for new species to develop
D. Process by which organisms with advantageous variations have greater reproductive success
Intelligent Design common ground debate centers on scripture versus science True or False
Issue 3
What is ARPANET?
A. The first test which became the internet
B. The name of the first computer from 1950's
C. IBM's first attempt at producing a personal computer
D. Bill Gate's prototype
Nearly _______ college students took at least one online course in 2007.
A. 11 million
B. 4 million
C. 35 million
D. 1.5 million
Cable operators have invested ___________ since the passage of the telecommunications act of 1996.
A. 550 million
B. 750 million
C. 36 trillion
D. 130 billion
Should the internet be Neutral common ground argument states everyone agrees the internet is valuable but they differ on the nature and to whom the value should accrue. True or False
Part 2
Issue 4
Much of the discussion of climate engineering presumes we will try to do what?
A. All live in harmony
B. Penalize larger countries for their pollution
C. Reduce carbon emissions
D. Build smaller and smarter
What is geo-engineering?
A. The use of mechanical systems to control temperatures in buildings
B. Growing plants to reduce global warming
C. Government involvement in large scale schemes to rapidly cool the earth
D. The ability to detect ozone depleting chemicals
Some geo-engineers were largely silent on the possible _____________?.
A. Where to getting funding from
B. Unintended consequences of geoengineering
C. Identification of who is at fault for the most pollution
D. Global taxation for all countries
Climate engineering common ground debate states we must build small and live small True or False
Issue 5
What two factors are said to impede adoption of nuclear power.
A. Money and land
B. Expense and fear
C. Federal and State laws
D. Public opinion and International opinion
Globally how many nuclear reactors are there
A. 1,362
B. 138
C. 987
D. 436
The U.S.A. government says atomic energy can supply how much of the US electricity by 2050.
A. 15 percent
B. 20 percent
C. 25 percent
D. 32 percent
The common debate with nuclear power deals with how best to pay for it True or False
Issue 6
When did the first earth day occur?
A. 1919
B. 1907
C. 1970
D. 1989
For every dollar spent on gas how much is actually spent on moving the car down the road?
A. 25cents
B. 33 cents
C. 8 cents
D. 15 cents
Using a 3 dollar per gallon cost of gas how long would it take to pay back the $20,000 electrical car technology?
A. 27 years
B. 15 years
C. 7 years
D. 3 ½ years
Common ground debate for electric cars asks why society is not rushing to adopt the technology True or False
Part 3
Issue 7
By 2025 total global population is said to be:
A. 8 billion
B. 10 billion
C. 11 billion
D. 1 billion
Middle East population is projected to double over the next 20 years to approximately:
A. 649 million
B. 326 million
C. 82.5 million
D. 165 million
In India the problem of peak soil is already ______.
A. Acute
B. Resolved
C. Too expensive to for the average citizen
D. A lifestock issue
Falling Birth Rates common ground debate agrees that human welfare is the paramount goal. True or False
Issue 8
EMF's are emitted by any device that __________.
A. Is portable
B. Uses wireless technology
C. Must be plugged in
D. Uses electricity
Young children's brains absorb ______ the cell phone radiation as an adult's.
A. 3 times
B. 4 times
C. 2 times
D. 5 times
Mobile phones use what type of waves.
A. Signal
B. Radio
C. High frequency
D. X ray
Cell Phone common ground believe the argument lies with the word "convincing" True or False
Issue 9
DDT was first deployed during WWII to combat what epidemic?
A. Venereal Disease
B. Cholera
C. Rats
D. Typhus
Malaria is caused by how many parasites.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 9
Who won the 1948 Nobel Prize for his use of DDT.
A. Donald Roberts
B. Othmar Zeidler
C. Paul Muller
D. Dr. Ben Dover
DDT common ground debate focuses on the cost of DDT True or False
Issue 10
Deadly animal disease research in the U.S.A. is located where?
A. Fitch Island
B. Plum Island
C. Grenada Island
D. Cumberland Island
What does FMD stand for?
A. Foot and Mouth Disease
B. Federally Mandated Disease control
C. Foreign Migrated Disease
D. Federal Mandated Defense
Researchers found that a foot and mouth disease outbreak would last 29 days that _______ head of livestock would have to be destroyed:
A. 1.5 million
B. 753,000
C. 126,000
D. 690
Animal disease common ground debate agrees that infectious diseases should not be allowed to escape. True or False
Issue 11
In 1970 scientists discovered that is was possible to _________.
A. Move genes
B. Crossbreed animal and plants
C. Control rain
D. Create rain
Up to _____ percent of adults have allergic reactions to food.
A. 2 percent
B. 12 percent
C. 17 percent
D. 25 percent
How many Americans believe they have never eaten a modified food..
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 70%
Modified Food common ground debate wonders if genetic engineering is ensuring a healthy food supply. True or False
Part 4
Issue 12
Very large and rare meteors can hit the earth with as much energy as a _________ nuclear bomb.
A. 100 megatron
B. 50 megatron
C. 10 megatron
D. 3 megatron
NEO stands for:
A. Near Earth Objects
B. Nuclear Explosion Object
C. New Evidence Observed
D. Next Evidence Observed
The NEO database will hold between 200,000 & ________ potential impactors to earth.
A. 1 million
B. 2 million
C. 750,000
D. 400,000
The Asteroid common ground debate agrees that most people say don't worry about asteroids because we can't stop them True or False
Issue 13
How many extraterrestrial radio signal searches have been attempted since 1960.
A. More that 100
B. More than 75
C. More than 50
D. More than 16
If N = 10 to the 4th date is correct when should a SETI be detected.
A. 2015
B. 2027
C. 2019
D. 2022
If extraterrestrials exist contacting them would be a boost to mankind is based on what famous formula?
A. Drake
B. SETI
C. Johnson
D. Rozewell
Extraterrestrials common ground debate says there is little no common ground True or False
Issue 14
Why has human space exploration gone no further to date?
A. Too much money spent on defense
B. Robots
C. No public interest
D. Politicians just want to get elected.
How much will the ISS cost when finished?
A. 100 million
B. 233 million
C. 17 billion
D. 100 billion
Bilge is a British word meaning__________.
A. Water
B. Unsinkable
C. Boat
D. Baloney
Space common ground debate believes that only robots should be sent into space True or False
Part 5
Issue 15
In May of 1997 what did Deep Blue accomplished?
A. Talked 3 different languages at the same time
B. Beat Kasparov
C. Predicted the winner of the U.S. Presidential election
D. Calculated the cost of a natural disaster
While a computer is limited in its thinking why is a human considered to have a higher level of consciousness?
A. It is based on how much integrated information we can generate
B. Lack of education
C. Genetics
D. Because we're human
A healthy adult brain contains how many nerve cells.
A. 5 Senses
B. 31 categories of brain cells
C. 100 billion
D. 750 million
Computer consciousness common ground debate states many people do not believe that computer intelligence is possible True or False
Issue 16
What does the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protect against?
A. Taking away our freedom of speech
B. Unreasonable searches and seizures
C. Taking away our freedom of religion
D. Unreasonable capture of our property
Greater security is more likely to increase _________.
A. Innovation
B. Cost
C. Frustration
D. Better computers
What is E-ID sometimes referred as?
A. 5 Senses
B. 31 categories of brain cells
C. Digital certificates
D. 750 million
Privacy right common ground debate believes all people can be trusted with internet content. True or False
Issue 17
What do the letters IIPA mean:
A. Inland Internet Protection Association
B. International Intellectual Property Alliance
C. Inter-state Internet Privacy Association
D. Internet Intellectual Privacy Agency
What country is in the Top 12 dealing with piracy rates?
A. India
B. China
C. Russia
D. Bangladesh
Open source software is said to encourage what?
A. Competition
B. Price wars
C. Transparency and accountability
D. Cyber attacks
Open source common ground debate believes that copyright law is important True or False
Part 6
Issue 18
Animals are said to have been used for research for at least ______ years.
A. 150
B. 2000
C. 6000
D. 750