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

2. What is the main genetic modification plan for the cane toads in the lab?
(a) To make them more particular about what they eat.
(b) To make them non-toxic.
(c) To make them smaller.
(d) To make them glow in the dark.

3. 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) Solar scrubbing.
(b) Positive emissions.
(c) Solar geoengineering.
(d) Negative emissions.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lackner found in 2014 at ASU?

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

3. How long would it take to turn carbon dioxide to stone?

4. Why were cane toads first introduced outside of their natural environments?

5. What is Brodifacoum?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. What is the problem with fusion?

7. What is a suppression drive?

8. How are geothermal plants clean?

9. Who are the Odins that Colbert describes?

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

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