Upfront Magazine Quiz - 3/11/16

A) melting ice sheets

B) increased seismic activity

C) higher levels of greenhouse gases

D) rising temperatures

A) force developing nations to comply with firm limits on greenhouse gas emissions

B) investigate whether climate change is occurring

C) prevent the worst effect of climate change from happening

D) all of the above statements are correct

A) in the past decade

B) since the environmental movement began

C) since the beginning of recorded history

D) since the Industrial Revolution

A) rising ocean water to flood coastal areas

B) serious droughts that have threatened food supplies

C) a centuries-old seawall to crumble away

D) extreme storms that have taken lives and damaged buildings

A) The flooding will spread quickly to other countries

B) Any disaster there will devastate the global economy

C) Millions of Bangladeshis will flee to other countries

D) Rising sea levels there will significantly diminish the world's food supply

A) was added to the Constitution in 1790

B) is the only requirement for the presidency mentioned in the Constitution

C) has been interpreted in different ways

D) all of the above statements are correct

A) in Cuba

B) in Canada

C) to non-citizen immigrants

D) on a U.S. military base overseas

A) the "natural born citizen" requirement is outdated

B) a natural born citizen is anyone born to at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen

C) President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S.

D) Naturalization should be eliminated as a path to citizenship

A) contemporary

B) restrictive

C) hurried

D) conclusive

A) if he wins the Republican nomination but a state still denies him a spot on the ballot

B) if his rivals continue questioning his qualifications

C) on behalf of 17 members of Congress who were born outside the U.S.

D) none of the above statements are correct

A) any animals

B) large livestock

C) chickens

D) none of the above answers are correct

A) made it possible for everyday people to afford chickens

B) were much smaller than the varieties that were already in the Americas

C) were initially seen as collectors' items

D) remained mostly in the South

A) Jewish immigrants in the late 1800s

B) freed slaves in the early 1800s

C) Asian immigrants in the mid-1800s

D) none of the above statements are correct

A) Chicken is more moist and tasty than it used to be

B) Americans eat more chicken than beef or pork

C) Chicken is more expensive than pork or beef

D) All of the above statements are correct

A) raised outdoors and exposed to the sun

B) treated humanely

C) fattened up as quickly as possible

D) none of the above statements are correct

A) Storing the brain at very high temperatures in liquid nitrogen gas

B) Storing the brain at very low temperatures in liquid nitrogen gas

C) Storing the brain at moderate temperatures in liquid nitrogen gas

D) Storing the brain at very low temperatures in liquid carbon gas

A) Storing the brain

B) Uploading the digitized brain to a robot or computer

C) Scanning the brain synapses

D) None of the above are correct