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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What two events sped up the drop in pupfish numbers?
2. Why were low-lying parts of New Orleans not abandoned to the water?
3. What does Kevin Irons, the assistant chief of fisheries at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, feel is the best way to control the carp population?
4. In Kolbert’s observations in and near Chicago, Asian carp, when caught, are then processed into what?
5. Kolbert moves onto a visit to the Old River Control Auxiliary Structure located how many miles upriver of Baton Rouge?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led to the introduction of non-native species to control pests?
2. How did the indigenous people of the New Orleans area deal with flooding versus the first European settlers?
3. What is the crime that was committed at Devils Hole?
4. How does Kolbert compare her stay at the Paris in Las Vegas to life for the pupfish in Devils Hole Jr.?
5. In what ways are those in the Chicago area trying to manage the carp problem?
6. How is extinction now an observable phenomenon?
7. What have humans done to save species on the brink of extinction?
8. What is the problem with Wood Screw Pumps?
9. What is the solution chosen for dealing with the Asian carp problem in and around Chicago?
10. How is an atoll formed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Kolbert say about man and his relationship with the natural world? Do you agree with her? Why or why not? Has reading Under a White Sky altered your perspective of the environment and what is being done to remedy problems? If so, how? If not, why not?
Essay Topic 2
Through the study of ice cores, it is learned that D-O events have taken place over the course of our planet's history. What are D-O events? When did they take place? How did they affect our world? How do they help scientists understand our future? How does reading about these events alter your understanding of the world we live in?
Essay Topic 3
The scientists and under a white sky into the wild chapter 3 focus on genetic modification as a way of bringing balance to the natural world. What are the reasons given by the scientists regarding the benefits of genetic modification? How does Colbert both agree and disagree with this? Based on the information you have received in this book, what are your thoughts on genetic modification and the survival of our planet? What questions or concerns do you have regarding protecting wildlife after reading into the wild chapter 3? How do these questions and concerns support Kolbert‘s purpose for writing this book?
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