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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. What is done to make the geothermal plant cleaner that Kolbert visits?
(a) The carbon dioxide is dissolved in water and then injected it into the ground.
(b) The carbon monoxide is dissolved in water and then injected it into the ground.
(c) The hydrogen dioxide is dissolved in water and then injected it into the ground.
(d) The hydrogen sulfide is dissolved in water and then injected it into the ground.

2. Where is the geothermal plant located that Kolbert visits in Up in the Air: Chapter 1?
(a) Poland.
(b) Iceland.
(c) China.
(d) Switzerland.

3. The premise behind solar geoengineering is that, if volcanoes naturally cool the earth, what can happen?
(a) More volcanoes would mean cooler global temperatures.
(b) It could be done by man by throwing reflective particles into the stratosphere.
(c) Volcanic activity on the sun could cool the sun.
(d) Humans could harness volcanic power.

4. 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?
(a) Was it all totally cool or totally crazy?
(b) Are there other plants like this one?
(c) How fast can this become reality everywhere?
(d) How can she get involved?

5. Where does Kolbert stay for her last night in Nevada?
(a) A Native American reservation.
(b) The Bellagio.
(c) The Venetian.
(d) The Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country produces the most emissions?

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

3. The sulfer dioxide sent up into the stratosphere from a volcano gets oxidized into what?

4. Where did the house mouse originate?

5. What is the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere called?

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