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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act led to the introduction of Asian carp?
(a) Save the Fish Act.
(b) Return to Nature Act.
(c) Clean Water Act.
(d) Nature Preservation Act.

2. Darwin realized correctly that at the center of every atoll was what?
(a) An extinct volcano.
(b) A fault line.
(c) A deep cavern.
(d) A continental Slope.

3. What happens if coral is unable to acquire new symbionts after a heatwave?
(a) They turn white.
(b) They grow lonely.
(c) They begin to shrink.
(d) They starve to death.

4. What is a NOT a technique listed by Kolbert to support species that were brought back from the brink of extinction?
(a) Catch and release.
(b) Captive breeding.
(c) Supplemental feeding.
(d) Managed burns.

5. What is the name of the new era in which Kolbert says we live?
(a) Anthropocene.
(b) Precambrian.
(c) Paleozoic.
(d) Jurassic.

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

7. How much land mass has the Isle de Jean Charles lost since the 1950s?
(a) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to five square miles.
(b) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to half a square mile.
(c) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to fifteen square miles.
(d) It has shrunk from thirty-five square miles to twenty-five square miles.

8. What is wrong with the Wood Screw Pumps in the twenty-four pumping stations that pump water out of the city?
(a) They are difficult to replace.
(b) They are speeding up the sinking of the city.
(c) Many are broken and need to be fixed.
(d) They are not effective at keeping out water.

9. What book does Kolbert say led to the introduction of Asian carp in U.S. rivers?
(a) How to Control Non-Native Species.
(b) Rachel The Control of Nature.
(c) The evils of Pesticides.
(d) Fish Are Our Friends.

10. What is Kolker’s prediction for New Orleans?
(a) It will eventually sink and disappear.
(b) It will no longer look like a boot.
(c) It will eventually detach and float away.
(d) It will eventually look more like an island.

11. What are Van Oppen and her students’ plans for coral?
(a) Buy time until the world takes climate change more seriously.
(b) Keep the reefs from dying and shrinking any further.
(c) Revitalize the reefs that have been lost.
(d) Create new reefs and ecosystems.

12. When was it determined that the Anthropocene Age began?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1880s.
(d) The 1930s.

13. What are the main causes of the shrinkage of Isle de Jean Charles?
(a) Multiple hurricanes.
(b) Flood control measures and oil industry digging.
(c) It is slowly sinking due to rising sea levels.
(d) The shore is lacking natural vegetation to keep soil in place.

14. How far do coral reefs stretch north and south of the equator?
(a) 30 degrees.
(b) 20 degrees.
(c) 30 miles.
(d) 50 miles.

15. Why was Manly’s trip west end up so arduous?
(a) Manly and the argonauts got lost during a sand storm.
(b) Manly and the argonauts arrived too early in the season to take the simplest and most direct route.
(c) Manly and the argonauts refused to use maps and ended up taking a more difficult path.
(d) Manly and the argonauts arrived too late in the season to take the simplest and most direct route.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two drainage basins were linked with the reversal of the Chicago River and the creation of the Sanitary and Ship Canal?

2. What is the name Kolbert gives for the ability for humans to now watch other species go extinct?

3. What is the scientific name for the Devil’s Hole pupfish?

4. What are CSOs?

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

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