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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. How far away is a fake Devil’s Hole from the real one?
(a) About 1 mile.
(b) About 50 miles.
(c) About 5 miles.
(d) About 10 miles.

2. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?
(a) Over-crowding of species and an overgrown fungus.
(b) Rising sea levels and air temperatures.
(c) Regular above ground nuclear blasts and the pumping of water for a new community.
(d) An earthquake and drought.

3. Kolbert talks about a trip she took to Zurich, Switzerland, where she visited a Climeworks facility; what was done with the carbon dioxide?
(a) It was used to feed a greenhouse full of vegetables.
(b) It was used to burn trash.
(c) It was used to fuel cars.
(d) It was used to make stone fr building.

4. By the time 2016’s global bleaching event ended in 2017, what percentage of the Great Barrier Reef was affected?
(a) Over 75%.
(b) Over 50%.
(c) Just under 90%.
(d) Over 90%.

5. Where is Gates’ institution located?
(a) In the Mohave.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Off the coast of Oahu, HI.
(d) Off the coast of Sydney, Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?

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

3. 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?

4. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, showed that the majority of possibilities for keeping climate temperatures down require what?

5. Darwin’s ideas regarding evolution were first known as what?

(see the answer key)

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