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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. 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 fuel cars.
(b) It was used to make stone fr building.
(c) It was used to feed a greenhouse full of vegetables.
(d) It was used to burn trash.

2. One activist that Kolbert mentions says that sometimes doing nothing is better than what?
(a) Making mistakes.
(b) Doing something.
(c) Looking like a fool.
(d) Saying nothing.

3. Chapter 2 of Up in the Air begins by saying that the Volcanic Explosivity Index was developed when?
(a) In the 1960s.
(b) In the 1980s.
(c) In the 1880s.
(d) In the 1970s.

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

5. How do aerosol particles create cooler temperatures?
(a) They create snow.
(b) They scatter sunlight back to space.
(c) They create ice.
(d) They cool down dust particles in the air.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kolbert acts as a skeptic when interviewing Keith, what does he tell her?

2. What does Kolbert say an expert can do with the tiny air bubbles found in layers of ice?

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

4. Who does Tizard bring on to help with the details of toad experiments?

5. How did the co-founders of Climeworks meet?

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