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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the statary phase when ants stay mostly in one place to raise a new generation, how long might the ants stay put?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

2. Where were the paleontologists from who published a study revealing not only the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser events?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) University of Montana.
(c) University of Colorado.
(d) University of Chicago.

3. How many illustrations of species were in "Graptolites in British Stratigraphy"?
(a) More than 650.
(b) 550.
(c) 435.
(d) About 700.

4. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 16th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 18th century.

5. How old was Charles Darwin when he was invited to serve as a sort of gentleman's companion to the captain of the HMS "Beagle"?
(a) 20.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Geological Society of America, how much land had people directly transformed?

2. Where did Charles Lyell grow up?

3. In Chapter 5, where was Luis Alvarez able to obtain rock samples?

4. If an ocean current flowed about one mile per hours, in six week, how far could a seed be carried?

5. What color eyes does Kolbert's guide have who shows her around Dob's Linn?

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