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

2. When was it determined that the Anthropocene Age began?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1880s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1980s.

3. To keep the temperature increase at a minimum, the world would have to end all emissions by when?
(a) The next five decades.
(b) The next century.
(c) The next few years.
(d) The next decade.

4. After a course on corals, Ruth Gates moved from where to Jamaica in 1985 to study corals and their symbionts?
(a) Australia.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) The U.S.

5. To what is the land in the southern region of Louisiana compared?
(a) A river of mud.
(b) Warm Jell-O.
(c) Slime.
(d) Play-doh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kolker’s prediction for New Orleans?

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

3. What book does Kolbert say led to the introduction of Asian carp in U.S. rivers?

4. What do Tizard and his partner hope to accomplish regarding cane toad eggs?

5. How many trees would have to be planted to remove a significant amount of carbon dioxide?

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