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

2. How many premature deaths were from small-particulate pollution in 2017 according to a report from The Lancet?
(a) 7 million.
(b) 8 million.
(c) 9 million.
(d) 12 million.

3. With CO2 at 930 parts per million (more than double where we are today), cognitive ability declines by what percent?
(a) 12%.
(b) 21%.
(c) 34%.
(d) 16%.

4. What lake supplies much of Las Vegas's water?
(a) Lake Berryessa.
(b) Lake Shasta.
(c) Lake Mead.
(d) Lake Oroville.

5. Who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore?
(a) Camille Parmesan.
(b) Jair Bolsonaro.
(c) Irakli Loladze.
(d) William Vollmann.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land does Louisiana lose to the sea every hour?

2. What term refers to the moving in of bugs when trees are cut down?

3. The Great Depression dropped global GDP by about what percent?

4. In the United States, leaks and theft account for an estimated loss of what percentage of freshwater?

5. Yellow fever is estimated to kill approximately what percentage of those infected?

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