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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Heat Death" - "Drowning".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Hurricane Harvey strike land?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2012.

2. How many mass extinctions has the earth experienced prior to the one we are living through now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. What term did Wallace Smith Broecker help to popularize, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) Microplastics.
(b) Climate change.
(c) Greenhouse gas.
(d) Global warming.

4. What word from Part I: Cascades refers to the explanation of phenomenon by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes?
(a) Teleology.
(b) Endography.
(c) Phylology.
(d) Vectorology.

5. If the Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees Celsius what region would suffer more from heat than anywhere in the world today?
(a) The U.S. east of the Rockies.
(b) The Pacific Northwest.
(c) The U.S. west of the Cascades.
(d) The U.S. west of the Rockies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the current population of Jakarta (as of 2018)?

2. The author states in Part I: Cascades that all mass extinctions aside from the one that killed off the dinosaurs were caused by what?

3. How many people were evacuated from mainland China due to the Typhoon Mangkhut?

4. When was Norman Borlaug born?

5. How many pounds of grain does it take to produce a single pound of hamburger meat?

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