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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Cascades.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the term "analogue" mean as used in Part I: Cascades?
(a) A thing seen as comparable to another.
(b) A think that is unlikely.
(c) A thing that is uncertain.
(d) A thing that can be computed numerically.

2. When did the United Nations establish its Framework on Climate Change?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1992.

3. When did Roger Revelle die?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1991.
(d) 2001.

4. What percent of all human experience throughout history is estimated to belong to people right now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?
(a) 3%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 8%.
(d) 12%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many climate refugees does the U.N. project there will be by 2050?

2. Who are the authors of the book Climate Shock?

3. When was the Kyoto Protocol signed?

4. The rate at which humankind is adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is how many times faster than any point in human history before the beginning of industrialization?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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