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

2. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?
(a) It was not necessary.
(b) The locals fought to save their property.
(c) It did not make sense politically.
(d) After the most recent hurricanes, they recovered on their own.

3. What does bleaching do to coral?
(a) It detaches the symbionts from the coral.
(b) It kills the coral.
(c) It causes it to become brittle.
(d) It breaks down the relationship between coral and their symbionts.

4. When the canal in Chicago reversed the flow of the river, into where did it eventually lead?
(a) The Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Gulf of Mexico.
(c) The St. Lawrence River.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

5. What could be used if a gene drive goes rogue?
(a) A GOTCHA sequence.
(b) A CATCHA sequence.
(c) A ROGUE sequence.
(d) A CRISPR sequence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a reason given for why taking carbon dioxide out of a gas stream is difficult?

2. 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?

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

4. Why are Kolbert and Gates’ plans to meet cancelled?

5. How far away is a fake Devil’s Hole from the real one?

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