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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Elements of Chaos, "Wildfire" - "Unbreathable Air".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the 71% of the planet that is covered in water, approximately what percentage is fresh?
(a) 2%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 8%.

2. 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) 4.8.
(b) 2.3
(c) 4.5.
(d) 5.2.

3. 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) 8%.
(b) 3%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 12%.

4. What percentage does grain account for the human diet globally?
(a) 25%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 30%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does NOAA stand for?

2. What does the IPCC refer to?

3. Who is cited in Part I: Cascades as the theorist who called climate change a "hyperobject" (17)?

4. According to a 2018 government report, approximately how many people die each year from lacking or contaminated water?

5. How many acres did the Thomas Fire grow in one day in 2017?

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