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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. Why was Camp Century abandoned in 1967?
(a) It was too difficult to keep warm.
(b) Constant struggles to keep the ice from destroying the underground base.
(c) It was too expensive to keep running.
(d) It was no longer needed.

2. 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 make stone fr building.
(c) It was used to burn trash.
(d) It was used to fuel cars.

3. How long do aerosol particles stay up in the stratosphere?
(a) Several weeks.
(b) Several hours.
(c) Several days.
(d) Several years.

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

5. When do some people believe that humans began altering the atmosphere, called the early Anthropocene hypothesis?
(a) 800 or 900 years ago.
(b) 8,000 or 9,000 years ago.
(c) 8 or 9 years ago.
(d) 80 or 90 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fifteen million tons of carbon dioxide were released by humans in 1776, while today that number is closer to what?

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

3. What animal does Darwin use to support his beliefs about evolution?

4. By the time 2016’s global bleaching event ended in 2017, what percentage of the Great Barrier Reef was affected?

5. What is Brodifacoum?

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