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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. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, showed that the majority of possibilities for keeping climate temperatures down require what?
(a) Negative emissions.
(b) Solar geoengineering.
(c) Solar scrubbing.
(d) Positive emissions.

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

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

4. Where do biologists like Tizard hope to get the power to spread genetic modifications throughout a species?
(a) Rogue genes.
(b) Dominant genes.
(c) Outliar genes.
(d) Outlaw genes.

5. What are two species that Revive & Restore hope to resurrect?
(a) The dinosaur and the Woolley mammoth.
(b) The passenger pigeon and the American chestnut tree.
(c) The passenger pigeon and the dodo bird.
(d) The dodo bird and the American chestnut tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tizard hope to teach other animals to avoid the cane toads?

2. When do some people believe that humans began altering the atmosphere, called the early Anthropocene hypothesis?

3. What did Lin Schwarzkopf help to invent?

4. In Into the Wild: Chapter 3, why does Kolbert begin with an explanation of the Norse god, Odin?

5. What is a suppression drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the early Anthropocene hypothesis?

2. What is Climeworks?

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

4. What makes cane toads so destructive?

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

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 are some of the ways that Kolbert mentions Australians deal with cane toads? What might be the pros and cons?

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

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

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

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