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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. How far do coral reefs stretch north and south of the equator?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 20 degrees.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 30 degrees.

2. To keep the temperature increase at a minimum, the world would have to end all emissions by when?
(a) The next five decades.
(b) The next century.
(c) The next few years.
(d) The next decade.

3. When was it determined that the Anthropocene Age began?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1880s.

4. What is the name Kolbert gives for the ability for humans to now watch other species go extinct?
(a) An observable phenomena.
(b) A species travesty.
(c) A ticking time bomb to the world's end.
(d) A timeline to doomsday.

5. To what has gene-drive technology been compared?
(a) Steven King’s It.
(b) Kurt Vonnegut’s ice-nine.
(c) Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.
(d) Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Kolbert first learn of Devil’s Hole?

2. How many species of birds has the Pacific rat killed off?

3. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?

4. How are rodents often currently killed?

5. Lackner also believes that dealing with emissions should be similar to dealing with what?

(see the answer key)

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