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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. Who is Edda Aradóttir?
(a) A friend of Kolbert’s.
(b) The managing director of the geothermal plant.
(c) One of the thermal engineers in Poland.
(d) A solar geoengineer hired by Bill Gates.

2. What invention launched the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Da Vinci’s flying machine.
(b) James Watt’s new steam engine.
(c) Eli Whitney’s cotton gin.
(d) Karl Benz’s automobile.

3. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?
(a) The Mississippi River and Chicago River.
(b) The Mississippi River and Great Lakes.
(c) The Chicago River and Great Lakes.
(d) The Great Plains and the Great Lakes.

4. To what island does Kolbert compare desert ecosystems?
(a) Galápagos.
(b) The Amazon.
(c) The Arctic.
(d) The Great Plains.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land mass has the Isle de Jean Charles lost since the 1950s?

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

3. To keep the temperature increase at a minimum, the world would have to end all emissions by when?

4. For how long might you be blind if cane toad poison gets in your eyes?

5. How many species are thought to live in reefs around the world?

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