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

2. What was Klaus Lackner hired to study in the 1970s, which was supposed to be the answer to the emissions problem?
(a) Fossil fuels.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Negative emissions.
(d) Fusion.

3. Lackner and a friend, Christopher Wendt, met over beers and starting wondering what?
(a) Where the best beer is brewed.
(b) Why no one was coming up with big, crazy ideas anymore.
(c) How long it would be until the earth died.
(d) Why humans are always screwing up.

4. What could be used if a gene drive goes rogue?
(a) A CRISPR sequence.
(b) A CATCHA sequence.
(c) A GOTCHA sequence.
(d) A ROGUE sequence.

5. A widely supported view regarding years the effect of human behavior on the environment is that it did not really become significant until when?
(a) The early-nineteenth century.
(b) The late-eighteenth century.
(c) The late-seventeenth century.
(d) The early-twentieth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of birds has the Pacific rat killed off?

2. What is the strongest argument for gene editing cane toads, house mice, and ship rats?

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

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

5. What is a suppression drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Odins that Colbert describes?

2. How is cutting emissions at once absolutely essential and insufficient?

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

4. How are geothermal plants clean?

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

6. What are a couple of the responses when asked about man’s roll and fixing or protecting the environment in into the wild Chapter 3?

7. What is a suppression drive?

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

9. What is the early Anthropocene hypothesis?

10. What makes cane toads so destructive?

(see the answer keys)

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