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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Are gene drives always beneficial for the species?
(a) No, not necessarily.
(b) Yes, always.
(c) Half and half.
(d) No, never.

2. Fifteen million tons of carbon dioxide were released by humans in 1776, while today that number is closer to what?
(a) 40,000 tons yearly.
(b) 40 million tons yearly.
(c) 40 billion tons yearly.
(d) 40 trillion tons yearly.

3. Which country produces the most emissions?
(a) The U.S.
(b) All African nations combined.
(c) Russia.
(d) China.

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

5. What does Kolbert use to make yeast glow?
(a) Glow in the dark gel.
(b) A lava lamp.
(c) A jellyfish gene.
(d) Fluorescent light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Dr. Suess book does Kolbert compare biological interventions?

2. 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?

3. What combination does Kolbert mention that could make cane toads non-lethal and coral heat-resistant?

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

5. What idea did Lackner and his friend Wendt come up with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the explanation that Tizzard gives for why genetic modifications are a good option for dealing with imbalances in nature?

2. What is an outlaw gene? Why is it important to this book?

3. What are three major issues with the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

4. What must happen to keep temperature rise to less than two degrees?

5. How are rodents a biological marker of the Anthropocene age?

6. How are geothermal plants clean?

7. Who are the Odins that Colbert describes?

8. What is the widely held view regarding man’s influence on the atmosphere?

9. What is usually use to kill rodents? What are the problems associated with this?

10. What are the pros and cons of a powerful gene drive?

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