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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. What combination does Kolbert mention that could make cane toads non-lethal and coral heat-resistant?
(a) CRISPR used in conjunction with the power of rogue genes.
(b) CRISPR used in conjunction with the power of outliar genes.
(c) CRISPR used in conjunction with the power of dominant genes.
(d) CRISPR used in conjunction with the power of outlaw genes.

2. Which Dr. Suess book does Kolbert compare biological interventions?
(a) The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.
(b) The Cat in the Hat.
(c) Fox in Sox.
(d) Horton Hears a Who.

3. What do Tizard and his partner hope to accomplish regarding cane toad eggs?
(a) Make them hard to swallow.
(b) Make the eggs impossible to fertilize.
(c) Make them less abundant.
(d) Make them edible.

4. Where did the house mouse originate?
(a) North America.
(b) Europe.
(c) Indian subcontinent.
(d) Africa.

5. Who does Tizard bring on to help with the details of toad experiments?
(a) Elizabeth Kolbert.
(b) Ruth Gates.
(c) Carey McCamey.
(d) Caitlin Cooper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is it called to bring a species back from extinction?

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

4. What did the cannibal snails cause in Hawaii?

5. One activist that Kolbert mentions says that sometimes doing nothing is better than what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What makes cane toads so destructive?

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

6. How are geothermal plants clean?

7. What is Climeworks?

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

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

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

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