View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Plagues of Warming" - "Systems".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the planet's coal-power capacity does China command?
(a) 1/5.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

2. Who was elected president of Brazil in 2018?
(a) Michel Terner.
(b) Jair Bolsonaro.
(c) Deodoro da Fonseca.
(d) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

3. How many pounds of grain does it take to produce a single pound of hamburger meat?
(a) 8 pounds.
(b) 1 pound.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 3 pounds.

4. National Geographic calculated that what percentage of the planet's water is available to fuel and feed its 7 billion people?
(a) 0.24%.
(b) 0.05%.
(c) 0.007%.
(d) 0.0003%.

5. Approximately how many people were killed by the 1918 flu?
(a) 62 million.
(b) 37 million.
(c) 25 million.
(d) 50 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chinese "airpocalypse" of 2013 led to a peak Air Quality Index of what?

2. How many people were killed during the Indian summer of 1998?

3. Globally, deforestation accounts for about what percentage of carbon emissions?

4. How much in damages did Hurricane Florence wreak on North Carolina in 2018?

5. Approximately how many Muslims participate in the hajj each year?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 145 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample