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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. Who proposed the term "Half-Earth" (20)?
(a) Irakli Loladze.
(b) E. O. Wilson.
(c) Jair Bolsonaro.
(d) Gernot Wagner.

2. How many deaths in China were attributed to smog in 2013?
(a) 1.37 million.
(b) 5.3 million.
(c) 4.2 million.
(d) 2.54 million.

3. What term refers to the moving in of bugs when trees are cut down?
(a) Asphyxiative regeneration.
(b) Anocratic proliferation.
(c) Vector proliferation.
(d) Acromphromic rebuild.

4. How many carbon emissions was China responsible for in 2017?
(a) 9.1 gigatons.
(b) 7.5 gigatons.
(c) 2.7 gigatons.
(d) 5.2 gigatons.

5. Who funded Wallace Smith Broecker's research in the 1970s?
(a) Chevron.
(b) DuPont.
(c) Exxon.
(d) Texaco.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts in Part I: Cascades that the majority of carbon burning produced by humans has occurred since the premiere of what television show?

2. When did Hurricane Andrew hit Florida?

3. In 2018, the World Bank estimated that the current path of carbon emissions would sharply diminish the living condition of how many people living throughout South Asia?

4. What does NOAA stand for?

5. What is the approximate temperture of the greater San Francisco Bay Area currently (as of 2018)?

(see the answer key)

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