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

2. When was the best time to take a bat census?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

3. How much Neanderthal DNA did all non-Africans carry according to Paabo?
(a) 2 to 3 percent.
(b) 1.5 percent.
(c) 6 percent.
(d) 1 to 4 percent.

4. How many species of primates could be found in the area of the BDFFP project?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

5. What was on the ground at One Tree Island?
(a) Lava stones.
(b) Black dirt.
(c) Sand.
(d) Coral rubble.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1984, how many Sumatran rhinos were sent to zoos in the U.S.?

2. According to American naturalists, Carl and Marian Rettenmeyer, how many species did they discover that lived in association with "Eciton burchellii" army ants?

3. What did Ken Caldeira do before becoming an atmospheric scientists?

4. By the time it was learned that Sumatran rhinos could not just eat hay, how many were left in U.S. zoos?

5. When were the first bats found that appeared to have been dipped in talcum powder?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author describe One Tree Island?

2. Where and when were the first Neanderthal bones discovered?

3. What was the white powder found on bats and that seemed to be killing them?

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

5. Where did coral reefs grow?

6. What was Biosphere 2?

7. What were the hobbits?

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

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

10. How did army ants differ from most other ants?

(see the answer keys)

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