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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. How many trees would have to be planted to remove a significant amount of carbon dioxide?
2. How many species of birds has the Pacific rat killed off?
3. What is a suppression drive?
4. 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?
5. Lackner and a friend, Christopher Wendt, met over beers and starting wondering what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the concerns surrounding rising temperatures?
2. According to Climeworks, why does it make sense to turn carbon dioxide to stone?
3. What is usually use to kill rodents? What are the problems associated with this?
4. How do cane toads become a problem in Australia?
5. What is Climeworks?
6. What is a suppression drive?
7. What must happen to keep temperature rise to less than two degrees?
8. How are geothermal plants clean?
9. What is the issue with chemical weathering regarding carbon dioxide?
10. What is the widely held view regarding man’s influence on the atmosphere?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Under a White Sky was in the process of being finished and published during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. How does Kolbert relate the pandemic to her book? What connections does she make between climate change and a pandemic? How has the world changed because of the pandemic? How does this help you relate to the changes scientists in this book predict about our world?
Essay Topic 2
Kolbert mentions that most of the carbon dioxide humans have emitted would eventually turn to stone. If this is the case, do we need to be concerned about carbon dioxide emissions? Why or why not? Do the scientists Kolbert interviews regarding emissions factor this in when talking about their ideas for reducing emissions or removing emissions? Why or why not? What might Kolbert think about the natural chemical weathering process, based on her comments in Up in the Air, Chapter 1?
Essay Topic 3
What is the general tone of Kolbert's Under a White Sky? Why? How does this affect the reader? How might this impact a reader's attitude towards the environment and what is being done to preserve it?
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