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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. According to the author in "Heat Death," the hottest temperature likely ever recorded in April was registered where in 2018?
2. When was David Wallace-Wells's father born?
3. In 2014, a toxic event struck Lake Erie, when fertilizer from farms in Ohio spawned an algae bloom that cut off drinking water for what city?
4. 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?
5. Who wrote The Water Will Come?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the air quality index quantified? What does it relate?
2. Why is the idea of shifting agriculture northward as the planet warms not a reasonable goal, based on the author's assertions in "Hunger"?
3. How did Hurricane Harvey impact Houston environmentally?
4. What discovery did Irakli Loladze make regarding human nutrition and climate change?
5. Describe the Mendocino Complex Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?
6. Describe the extreme weather events of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere.
7. What is the World Bank and when was it formed?
8. What is carbon dioxide?
9. What is "coral bleaching" and why is it important?
10. Describe the Thomas Fire. When and where did it occur and what damage did it cause?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the correlations between technology and climate change. In what ways might technology "save us" (202)? What stands in the way of technology helping prevent accelerated global warming? What might advances mean for the world?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
What is global warming? What causes it? What effects does it have on the environment around us? How can we slow global warming?
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