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Question 11 pts

Garrett Hardin argues strongly against the formation of a:

Group of answer choices

The United Nations

Genetic Engineering of food crops

The IPCC

The World Food Bank

All of the above.

None of the above.

 

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Question 21 pts

The current loss of biodiversity worldwide is known as the:

Group of answer choices

second extinction event.

third extinction event.

fifth extinction event.

sixth extinction event.

None of the above.

 

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Question 31 pts

GMST means global mean stable temperature.

Group of answer choices

True

False

 

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Question 41 pts

Dr. Naomi Oreskes discovered a shockingly small number of peer-reviewed scientific papers published in science journals between 1993 and 2003 supported the conclusion that average global temperatures are not increasing.  The number of papers that reached this conclusion (average global temperatures are not increasing) out of 928 papers published over that decade were:

Group of answer choices

7%

13%

25%

75%

None of the above.

 

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Question 51 pts

How much glacier ice in Tibet and the Himalayas is expected to disappear by 2035?

Group of answer choices

20%

40%

60%

80%

All of it.

 

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Question 61 pts

How much further sea level rise could the phenomenon of ice sheet mass balance add between now and 2100?

Group of answer choices

Between 0 and .33 of a meter.

Between .33 and .66 of a meter.

Between .66 and 1 meter.

Between 1 and 1.5 meters

2 meters or more.