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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?
(a) 11,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 5,000.

2. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?
(a) Rina.
(b) Jose.
(c) Arlene.
(d) Hamish.

3. By the early 1980s, how low was the population of Sumatran rhinos?
(a) Several thousand.
(b) 432.
(c) A few hundred.
(d) 689.

4. In 1916, how many Japanese beetles were discovered near Riverton, New Jersey?
(a) A dozen.
(b) 20.
(c) A hundred.
(d) 15.

5. What did Paabo's team received as an award for a paper they published in "Science" in May 2010?
(a) $30,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $50,000.

6. How tall did the Arctic willow grow on Ellesmere?
(a) Waist high.
(b) Knee high.
(c) As high as your ankle.
(d) Chest high.

7. From a single species of tree, how many species of beetles had entomologist Terry Erwin collected?
(a) 814.
(b) 789.
(c) 1,045.
(d) 950.

8. By the time it was learned that Sumatran rhinos could not just eat hay, how many were left in U.S. zoos?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

9. When Cohn-Haft and his colleagues banded birds across the reserve, how many did they band?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 11,000.

10. Where did Silman teach?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Clemson University.
(c) Wake Forest University.
(d) Furman University.

11. When did Lyell visit Big Bone Lick and purchase teeth of a baby mastodon?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1811.

12. In Chapter 7, by what percent did a study by Australian researchers find that the Great Barrier Reef had declined in the last thirty years?
(a) 45.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 35.

13. At the time the author visited BDFFP, how many scientific papers had been written about the area?
(a) About 800.
(b) 612.
(c) 739.
(d) More than 500.

14. In an average day, how many pounds of ficus leaves would Suci eat?
(a) 15.
(b) About 50.
(c) 35.
(d) About 100.

15. In Chapter 11, what did Suci weigh?
(a) 1,318 pounds.
(b) 1,507 pounds.
(c) 1,108 pounds.
(d) 1,709 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1960s, where did Ralph Solecki uncovered the remains of several Neanderthals in a cave?

2. In 2004, how many black-faced honeycreepers probably existed?

3. How big was One Tree Island?

4. What was the second-largest coral reef located?

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

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