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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many species of birds were estimated to live in the entire world?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. Who was credited with having put the term "biological diversity" into general circulation?
(a) Tom Lovejoy.
(b) Rita Mesquita.
(c) E. O. Wilson.
(d) Cohn-Haft.

3. For his genome project, how many bones was Paaba able to obtain?
(a) 11.
(b) 21.
(c) 9.
(d) 14.

4. In Chapter 9, what color did the author say that the dirt was in Amazonas?
(a) Bright orange.
(b) Red.
(c) Beige.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. When was the best time to hear birds in the Amazon?

3. In Chapter 11, how many species of Rhino did the author say still existed?

4. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?

5. When Acropora millepora spawned, how many sperm were in each egg-sperm bundle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did tree diversity vary around the world?

2. How did the author describe the forest as they descended to Silman's tree plots in Chapter 8?

3. Why did Suci get an ultrasound in Chapter 11?

4. What was one bird species Cohn-Haft discovered through rigorous listening?

5. How did the author decide to go to One Tree?

6. Where did coral reefs grow?

7. How had the road BR-174 changed over the years?

8. As early as the 1840s what explanations had been proposed for the megafauna extinction?

9. What was Biosphere 2?

10. What was the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project?

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