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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 did the cannibal snails cause in Hawaii?

2. According to Kolbert, who knows for certain how much hotter the world will get before out-and-out disaster becomes inevitable?

3. When do some people believe that humans began altering the atmosphere, called the early Anthropocene hypothesis?

4. What is the main genetic modification plan for the cane toads in the lab?

5. What invention launched the Industrial Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is usually use to kill rodents? What are the problems associated with this?

2. How is cutting emissions at once absolutely essential and insufficient?

3. What are the pros and cons of a powerful gene drive?

4. What are a couple of the responses when asked about man’s roll and fixing or protecting the environment in into the wild Chapter 3?

5. What is a suppression drive?

6. What does Kolbert think about the genetic engineering home kit that she purchases?

7. How are geothermal plants clean?

8. What is Climeworks?

9. How are rodents a biological marker of the Anthropocene age?

10. According to Climeworks, why does it make sense to turn carbon dioxide to stone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kolbert writes and Afterword but does so not to put the reader's mind at ease. What is the purpose of her Afterword? How does it leave the reader? Why might Kolbert want to leave the reader this way? What does she hope this might accomplish? In your own case, is she successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Scientists have come up with wild and crazy ideas for dealing with climate change. What are a couple examples? Are these valid options? Why or why not? Are even the craziest ideas important? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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