View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts in Part I: Cascades that the majority of carbon burning produced by humans has occurred since the premiere of what television show?
(a) The Honeymooners.
(b) I Love Lucy.
(c) Seinfeld.
(d) All in the Family.

2. Who wrote The Population Bomb?
(a) Paul Ehrlich.
(b) Irakli Loladze.
(c) William Vollmann.
(d) E. O. Wilson.

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

4. In "Hunger," the author gives a basic rule of thumb regarding climate and plants. He states that for staple cereal crops grown at optimal temperature, for every degree of warming, the yields decline by how much?
(a) 20%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 15%.

5. According to the author in "Heat Death," the hottest temperature likely ever recorded in April was registered where in 2018?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Iran.
(d) Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the population of New Orleans in 2005 (prior to Katrina)?

2. 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?

3. National Geographic calculated that what percentage of the planet's water is available to fuel and feed its 7 billion people?

4. Who funded Wallace Smith Broecker's research in the 1970s?

5. The rate at which humankind is adding carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is how many times faster than any point in human history before the beginning of industrialization?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the basic rule of thumb when looking at climate change and cereal grains, according to the author in "Hunger"?

2. What is the IPCC?

3. How have the planet's heat waves changed since 1980?

4. Describe the Thomas Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?

5. How is the air quality index quantified? What does it relate?

6. Why is the idea of shifting agriculture northward as the planet warms not a reasonable goal, based on the author's assertions in "Hunger"?

7. What does the author project will happen in terms of wildfire growth by 2050?

8. What is atmospheric particulate matter?

9. What is the Paris Agreement? When was it ratified?

10. What is the World Bank and when was it formed?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 711 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample