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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many barrels of oil are burned each day in the summer in Saudi Arabia, mostly to power the nation's air-conditioning?
(a) 800,000.
(b) 700,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

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

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

4. How many people were killed during the Russian heat wave of 2010?
(a) 70,000.
(b) 95,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 55,000.

5. Who proposed the term "Half-Earth" (20)?
(a) Jair Bolsonaro.
(b) Gernot Wagner.
(c) E. O. Wilson.
(d) Irakli Loladze.

6. How much land does Louisiana lose to the sea every hour?
(a) Two acres.
(b) One acre.
(c) One square mile.
(d) One football field.

7. How many natural disasters hit the Philippines between 2006 and 2013?
(a) 34.
(b) 75.
(c) 85.
(d) 65.

8. What percentage of the world's methane emissions do freshwater lakes account for?
(a) 16%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 12%.

9. According to a 2018 government report, how many people in India face "high to extreme water stress" (107)?
(a) 600 million.
(b) 100 million.
(c) 200 million.
(d) 700 million.

10. When was David Wallace-Wells's father born?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1938.

11. Who was elected president of Brazil in 2018?
(a) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
(b) Michel Terner.
(c) Jair Bolsonaro.
(d) Deodoro da Fonseca.

12. Approximately how many square miles were burned by wildfires in California in 2018?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 1,500.

13. How much carbon is there currently in the air, according to the author in "Heat Death"?
(a) 745 parts per million.
(b) 232 parts per million.
(c) 410 parts per million.
(d) 153 parts per million.

14. What does NOAA stand for?
(a) National Organization of American Atmosphere.
(b) Nautical Organization of Air and Aviation.
(c) National Organization for Aviation and Administration.
(d) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

15. By what percentage did China's emissions grow in the first three months of 2018?
(a) 4%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 6%.
(d) 2%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lake supplies much of Las Vegas's water?

2. In 1850, the area of Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. How many are left today?

3. How long can a person with kidney failure expect to live with dialysis?

4. A research team led by Ethan Coffel calculated in 2017 that the number of days warmer than what were once the warmest days of the year could grow by a factor of what by 2080?

5. When was David Wallace-Wells's mother born?

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