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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Gates’ institution located?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) In the Mohave.
(c) Off the coast of Oahu, HI.
(d) Off the coast of Sydney, Australia.

2. When Manly and the others arrived at the edge of Death Valley, what did they think the fish were that they saw swimming in the cavern pool?
(a) Minnows.
(b) Goldfish.
(c) Pupfish.
(d) Carp.

3. By the time 2016’s global bleaching event ended in 2017, what percentage of the Great Barrier Reef was affected?
(a) Just under 90%.
(b) Over 75%.
(c) Over 50%.
(d) Over 90%.

4. How many of Lackner’s trailer-sized carbon scrubbing units would be needed to significantly reduce the carbon footprint?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 1 billion.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 100,000.

5. According to Kolbert, why are mice perfect lab animals?
(a) They are clean and obedient.
(b) They are cheap and easy to care for.
(c) Their genetics are well known and studied.
(d) They are small and gentle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scientific name for the Devil’s Hole pupfish?

2. Where do biologists like Tizard hope to get the power to spread genetic modifications throughout a species?

3. What is the strongest argument for gene editing cane toads, house mice, and ship rats?

4. Lackner and a friend, Christopher Wendt, met over beers and starting wondering what?

5. Darwin realized correctly that at the center of every atoll was what?

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