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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is a temporary autonomous zone? (from Second Chamber - Chapter 5)

A place where there is no government, country or military in charge.

A place where people can temporarily be free and behave however they wish.

A place where there are temporarily no laws governing economic transactions.

A place where people can slip into different identities and assume new ways of being.

2.

What makes limestone? (from Chapter 2)

Millions of compressed bodies of dead marine organisms.

Sand and shells get pressed together over millions of years.

Granite is exposed to high temperatures and then cools.

Magma that cools deep inside the earth.

3.

What is solastalgia? (from Chapter 9)

Fear of climate change.

Distress caused by ecological loss.

A disorder caused by seismic mapping.

The inability to feel nostalgia.

4.

Why are scientists studied dark matter in a rock salt mine? (from Chapter 3)

Rock salt stays stable for a very long time.

Salt acts as an insulator so that the tiny particles can be detected.

The company that runs the salt mine is also running dark matter experiments for eventual profit.

Dark matter particles are dangerous and the rock salt keeps them from escaping.

5.

Why does the Boulby Mine have to be constantly pumped? (from Chapter 3)

The mine has millions of holes that let water in.

When potash is mined, it continuously releases water.

Part of the mine is below the ocean and when big waves hit it, water gets in.

Because the rock of the tunnels is soluable in water and the mine is below the ocean.

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