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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. Approximately how many square miles were incinerated by the Camp Fire in northern California in 2018?
(a) 150.
(b) 250.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

2. What lake supplies much of Las Vegas's water?
(a) Lake Berryessa.
(b) Lake Mead.
(c) Lake Oroville.
(d) Lake Shasta.

3. In 1850, the area of Glacier National Park had 150 glaciers. How many are left today?
(a) 18.
(b) 26.
(c) 36.
(d) 12.

4. Who has served as the President of the People's Republic of China since 2013?
(a) Yuan Shikai.
(b) Li Yuanhong.
(c) Xi Jinping.
(d) Sun Yatsen.

5. What does CCS stand for?
(a) Carbon capture and storage.
(b) Carbon capture and study.
(c) Climate change standards.
(d) Climate control standards.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the Earth's temperature rose 6 degrees Celsius what region would suffer more from heat than anywhere in the world today?

2. How many major cities are there currently with average maximum summertime temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher?

3. What percent of all human experience throughout history is estimated to belong to people right now, according to the author in Part I: Cascades?

4. What was the population of New Orleans in 1960?

5. According to the author in "Heat Death," the hottest temperature likely ever recorded in April was registered where in 2018?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the IPCC?

2. What do CCS and BECCS refer to?

3. How is "Anthropocene" defined?

4. What discovery did Irakli Loladze make regarding human nutrition and climate change?

5. How is the freshwater that is available used by civilization (i.e.: What percentages are devoted to different uses)?

6. How is water demand from the global food system, industry, and energy projected to increase over the next three decades?

7. What does the author say about methane release in relation to melting ice sheets in "Drowning"?

8. What is the relationship between Syria and climate change, according to the author?

9. What is the Paris Agreement? When was it ratified?

10. Who wrote Silent Spring and what is the subject of this book?

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