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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. How many people were evacuated from mainland China due to the Typhoon Mangkhut?
(a) 2.45 million.
(b) 1.4 million.
(c) 6.3 million.
(d) 400,000.

2. According to the author, almost how many people are displace and wandering the planet right now as a result of political and social instability (154)?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 40 million.
(c) 70 million.
(d) 20 million.

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

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

5. The Black Death killed as much as what percent of the population of Europe, according to the author?
(a) 80%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 60%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What month has traditionally marked the beginning of the rainy season in California?

3. According to the author, the concrete and asphalt of cities absorb so much heat during the day that when it is released at night, it can raise the local temperature as much as how many degrees Fahrenheit?

4. How many people were killed in the Chicago heat wave of 1995?

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

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