This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Climate Kaleidoscope, "Storytelling" - "The Church of Technology".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author notes in "Systems" that what climate scientists refer to as "systems crises," he refers to as what?
(a) Epochs.
(b) Turnstiles.
(c) Cascades.
(d) Degradation.

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) 70 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 40 million.
(d) 20 million.

3. In 2018, scientists revived a worm that had been frozen in permafrost for approximately how many years?
(a) 34,000.
(b) 24,000.
(c) 42,000.
(d) 64,000.

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

5. When was the last time that the atmosphere contained 500 parts per million of carbon?
(a) 12 million years ago.
(b) 9 million years ago.
(c) 4 million years ago.
(d) 16 million years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2017, Solomon Hsiang and Trevor Houser calculated that Hurricane Maria could take how long for the economy of the island to return to even the level it enjoyed just before the storm?

2. According to a 2018 study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, how many American homes and businesses will suffer chronic flooding by 2100?

3. Approximately how many square miles were incinerated by the Camp Fire in northern California in 2018?

4. Who is the author of The Time Machine?

5. What percentage does grain account for the human diet globally?

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