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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Up in the Air: Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kolbert talks about a trip she took to Zurich, Switzerland, where she visited a Climeworks facility; what was done with the carbon dioxide?
(a) It was used to make stone fr building.
(b) It was used to feed a greenhouse full of vegetables.
(c) It was used to fuel cars.
(d) It was used to burn trash.

2. How are rodents often currently killed?
(a) Traps.
(b) Poison.
(c) Euthanasia.
(d) Through hunting.

3. How many species are thought to live in reefs around the world?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 10 - 90,000
(c) 10 - 20 million.
(d) 1 - 9 million.

4. How does Tizard hope to teach other animals to avoid the cane toads?
(a) Use the non-lethal toads to teach other animals that cane toads make you sick, so you should not eat them.
(b) Use small, foul-tasting toads to teach other species that these toads do not taste good.
(c) Use glowing toads to scare away other species.
(d) To show other species how scared and hard to find these toads are.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After a week with Gates, how does Kolbert feel?

2. Manly and nearly how many argonauts gathered in Salt Lake City to travel together to gold country in northern California?

3. What is Kolbert expecting to see in the SeaSim in Townsville, Australia?

4. Which Dr. Suess book does Kolbert compare biological interventions?

5. Darwin realized correctly that at the center of every atoll was what?

(see the answer key)

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