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

2. According to the author in "Climate Conflict," "Over the last decade, researchers have even managed to quantify some of the nonobvious relationships between temperature and violence: for every half degree of warming, they say, societies will see" between what percent increase in the likelihood of armed conflict (152)?
(a) Between 10-20%.
(b) Between 20-30%.
(c) Between 30-40%.
(d) Between 5-8%.

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

4. How many workers have been seriously injured in the U.S. by heat alone since 1992?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 80,000.

5. According to a 2018 study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, how many American homes and businesses will suffer chronic flooding by 2100?
(a) 1.7 million.
(b) 1.3 million.
(c) 2.4 million.
(d) 4.2 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore?

2. When was a 32,000-year-old "extremophile" bacteria revived?

3. When was the country of Pakistan formed?

4. Globally, about what percentage of freshwater is used for food production and agriculture?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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