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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 late-eighteenth century.
(b) The late-seventeenth century.
(c) The early-twentieth century.
(d) The early-nineteenth century.

2. How did Kolbert first learn of Devil’s Hole?
(a) From a television advertisement.
(b) In a grad course in college.
(c) A crime that was committed there that was considered a felony.
(d) A business trip to Nevada.

3. 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.

4. Manly and nearly how many argonauts gathered in Salt Lake City to travel together to gold country in northern California?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 50.
(c) 500.
(d) 4,000.

5. Why was electric shock chosen to deter the fish?
(a) It was the only suggestion given for keeping the fish out.
(b) It was the fastest way to lower the number of fish.
(c) It was the least expensive and seemed the most ethical.
(d) It was the most environmentally-friendly option.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is CRISPR?

3. What is NOT a reason given for why taking carbon dioxide out of a gas stream is difficult?

4. What is the mouse called that would make it so only male mice survived?

5. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?

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