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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who funded Wallace Smith Broecker's research in the 1970s?
(a) Exxon.
(b) Chevron.
(c) Texaco.
(d) DuPont.

3. Globally, deforestation accounts for about what percentage of carbon emissions?
(a) 18%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 8%.

4. What percentage does grain account for the human diet globally?
(a) 25%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 50%.

5. How much did carbon emissions grow in the year 2017?
(a) 0.5%.
(b) 1.4%.
(c) 2.3%.
(d) 0.3%.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many major cities are there currently with average maximum summertime temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher?

3. How many natural disasters hit the Philippines between 2006 and 2013?

4. What does NOAA stand for?

5. How many full-scale carbon capture plants were there in the world in 2018?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "person-days" refer to and who coined this term?

2. Describe the extreme weather events of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere.

3. Why did Hurrican Maria demonstrate one of "the uglier aspects of our climate blindness" (98)?

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

5. What is the UNFCCC? When was it adopted?

6. What is the Kyoto Protocol? When was it signed?

7. What is "wet-bulb temperature"?

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

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

10. Why is wildfire different than other natural disasters in terms of American perceptions?

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