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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. The author states in Part I: Cascades that all mass extinctions aside from the one that killed off the dinosaurs were caused by what?
(a) Extraterrestrial intervention.
(b) Climate change produced by heat storms on the sun.
(c) Climate change produced by greenhouse gas.
(d) Asteroids.

2. How much of the population in the sugarcane region of El Salvador has chronic kidney disease?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/7.
(c) 1/10.
(d) 1/5.

3. If we follow the path we are on today, the U.N. estimates that we are due for how many degrees of warming by 2100?
(a) 4.5.
(b) 2.3
(c) 4.8.
(d) 5.2.

4. What does NOAA stand for?
(a) Nautical Organization of Air and Aviation.
(b) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(c) National Organization for Aviation and Administration.
(d) National Organization of American Atmosphere.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Population Bomb?

2. What does the IPCC refer to?

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

4. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?

5. Who proposed the term "Half-Earth" (20)?

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