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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. What bacteria is included in Kolbert’s genetic modification kit?
(a) Vibrio.
(b) Bacillus.
(c) Coccus.
(d) E-coli.

2. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?
(a) They starve to death.
(b) They grow lonely.
(c) They begin to shrink.
(d) They turn white.

3. How much of the Caribbean coral disappeared in the 1980s?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 90%.
(d) Over 1/2.

4. What is a NOT a technique listed by Kolbert to support species that were brought back from the brink of extinction?
(a) Captive breeding.
(b) Managed burns.
(c) Catch and release.
(d) Supplemental feeding.

5. According to Kolbert, if the Anthropocene’s clearest geological marker is a spike in radioactive particles, what is its clearest biological marker?
(a) A spike in disease.
(b) A decline in rodents.
(c) A spike in rodents.
(d) A decline in disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country produces the most emissions?

2. Kolbert mentions that effects of the first few months of the coronavirus pandemic and how emissions dropped how much?

3. To keep the temperature increase at a minimum, the world would have to end all emissions by when?

4. By the time 2016’s global bleaching event ended in 2017, what percentage of the Great Barrier Reef was affected?

5. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?

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