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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 the scientific name for the Devil’s Hole pupfish?
(a) Cyprinodon diabolo.
(b) Cyprinodon diavolo.
(c) Cyprinodon diabolis.
(d) Cyprinodon morte.

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

3. Kolbert goes into detail about the stratosphere as the middle layer between what two layers?
(a) The troposphere and mesosphere.
(b) The Abyss Zone and the Trench Zone.
(c) The Continental Shelf and the Continental slope.
(d) The crust and the mantle.

4. What place is NOT mentioned for having similar surprising information to what is learned from ice cores?
(a) Stalagmites from a Chinese cave.
(b) Sediments in the Arabian Sea.
(c) Pollen deposits from Italy.
(d) Mammoth tusks in Montana.

5. What is the term for when water bursts through a levee, whether man-made or natural?
(a) A geyser.
(b) A creole.
(c) A water spout.
(d) A crevasse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?

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

3. In what decade were weather and climate very popular?

4. What event does Kolbert attend that is to bring awareness and interest in eating carp?

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

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