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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many square miles were burned by wildfires in California in 2018?

2. When was Norman Borlaug born?

3. In the United States, leaks and theft account for an estimated loss of what percentage of freshwater?

4. How many premature deaths were from small-particulate pollution in 2017 according to a report from The Lancet?

5. Who is cited in Part I: Cascades as the theorist who called climate change a "hyperobject" (17)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discovery did Irakli Loladze make regarding human nutrition and climate change?

2. What is "coral bleaching" and why is it important?

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

4. How is the freshwater that is available used by civilization (i.e.: What percentages are devoted to different uses)?

5. Describe the "unprecedented extreme weather" of 2017 in the Northern Hemisphere (95).

6. In "Drowning," the author cites a 2018 study on the melt rate of the Antarctic ice sheet. What did this study show?

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

8. What does the United Nations project for food supply and demand in 2050?

9. Describe the Camp Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?

10. What is the relationship between Syria and climate change, according to the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the correlations between climate change and conflict. What international conflicts or civil wars have emerged in the past century due to climate change? What have been the results of those conflicts? What is projected for the future regarding global warming and conflict?

Essay Topic 2

Why is climate change not largely addressed in film, television, literature, and the media? What aspects of this crisis make it not frequently dramatized? How do you think it would change things if climate change were central in the plot of these narratives?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the issue of freshwater scarcity. How much water on the earth is fresh? How much of that water is available for consumption? Why is there a water crisis and how could it be addressed?

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