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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 does Mark Tizard want the general population to know about genetic modification?
(a) It is a new and possibly dangerous science.
(b) It has been taking place forever, as we live in a genetically modified environment.
(c) It is scary but necessary.
(d) It is an exciting branch of bioengineering that needs to be further explored.

2. What are two species that Revive & Restore hope to resurrect?
(a) The passenger pigeon and the American chestnut tree.
(b) The dinosaur and the Woolley mammoth.
(c) The passenger pigeon and the dodo bird.
(d) The dodo bird and the American chestnut tree.

3. What is NOT one of the problems mentioned regarding cane toads?
(a) They multiple very quickly.
(b) Their mating call is very annoying and loud.
(c) They are toxic.
(d) They eat almost anything.

4. What had those living in the Plaquemenes done to protect their homes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita?
(a) Torn them down and moved elsewhere.
(b) Lifted them up onto pilings.
(c) Sunk them deep into the mud.
(d) Converted their homes into house boats.

5. What did Lackner found in 2014 at ASU?
(a) The Center for Disease Control.
(b) The Center for Negative Carbon Emissions.
(c) The Center for Solar Geoengineering Studies.
(d) The Center for Global Cooling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Darwin realized correctly that at the center of every atoll was what?

3. What does Kolbert end the chapter wondering about all the burning trash, the acres of glass, the boxes of bumblebees, the vegetables raised on chemicals and captured carbon dioxide?

4. What are Van Oppen and her students’ plans for coral?

5. 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?

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