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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. When do Kolbert and Van Oppen meet?
(a) Almost a year after Gates’ death.
(b) When Kolbert first met Gates.
(c) After a year of bleached coral.
(d) At a conference for marine biologists.

2. Global temperatures have increased how many degrees Fahrenheit since Watt’s day?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 1.5.
(d) 2.

3. A widely supported view regarding years the effect of human behavior on the environment is that it did not really become significant until when?
(a) The early-twentieth century.
(b) The late-eighteenth century.
(c) The late-seventeenth century.
(d) The early-nineteenth century.

4. 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) Pupfish.
(b) Carp.
(c) Goldfish.
(d) Minnows.

5. What is unfortunate about carbon, even if emissions are reduced or stopped?
(a) It takes several years to dissolve.
(b) It does not turn to stone easily.
(c) It is always poisonous.
(d) Once in the air, it stays there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brodifacoum?

2. According to Kolbert, why are mice perfect lab animals?

3. To what island does Kolbert compare desert ecosystems?

4. What combination does Kolbert mention that could make cane toads non-lethal and coral heat-resistant?

5. How far underground would carbon dioxide be injected?

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