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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. What is NOT a reason given for why taking carbon dioxide out of a gas stream is difficult?
(a) Disposal of large amounts of carbon dioxide underground would be tricky.
(b) It must be done on a massive scale.
(c) It is expensive.
(d) It is a challenging and dangerous technique.

2. How many species are thought to live in reefs around the world?
(a) 10 - 90,000
(b) 10 - 20 million.
(c) 1 - 9 million.
(d) 15,000.

3. What did the cannibal snails cause in Hawaii?
(a) An extinction avalanche.
(b) An extinction spree.
(c) A tropical avalanche.
(d) Mudslides.

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

5. What was NOT an effect of the volcanic eruption of 1815?
(a) Sensational sunsets.
(b) Hotter global temperatures.
(c) Millions dead from starvation.
(d) Bleak and cold weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does it make sense to have a geothermal plant?

2. How are rodents often currently killed?

3. What had those living in the Plaquemenes done to protect their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita?

4. What was the original name of New Orleans, as given by Kolbert in this book?

5. What is the term for when water bursts through a levee, whether man-made or natural?

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