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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. For how long might you be blind if cane toad poison gets in your eyes?
(a) A few week.
(b) Permanently.
(c) A few hours.
(d) A few days.

2. In Into the Wild: Chapter 3, why does Kolbert begin with an explanation of the Norse god, Odin?
(a) To show the similarities between gods and humans.
(b) To compare him to the powers of nature.
(c) To show how dangerous it is to play God.
(d) To compare him to the genetic-engineering company, Odin.

3. In Up in the Air: Chapter 1, Kolbert decides to support what type of service?
(a) One that sends SAILs into the stratosphere.
(b) One that sends diamonds into the stratosphere.
(c) One that scrubs carbon emissions from the air.
(d) One that runs greenhouses on carbon dioxide emissions.

4. How many of Lackner’s trailer-sized carbon scrubbing units would be needed to significantly reduce the carbon footprint?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 1 billion.

5. What is it called when the rock from underground is brought up to meet the carbon dioxide, rather than the other way around?
(a) Chemical weathering.
(b) Enhanced scrubbing.
(c) Enhanced weathering.
(d) Chemical scrubbing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Global temperatures have increased how many degrees Fahrenheit since Watt’s day?

2. What did the cannibal snails cause in Hawaii?

3. A widely supported view regarding years the effect of human behavior on the environment is that it did not really become significant until when?

4. What happened to an engineer in China who used CRISPR on a set of twins?

5. Kolbert tells the reader that geothermal plants are relatively clean but do produce what gases?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Climeworks, why does it make sense to turn carbon dioxide to stone?

3. What does Kolbert think about the genetic engineering home kit that she purchases?

4. What are negative emissions? Why might they be important?

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

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

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

8. What is the issue with chemical weathering regarding carbon dioxide?

9. How do cane toads become a problem in Australia?

10. What is the problem with fusion?

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