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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of primates could be found in the area of the BDFFP project?

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

3. For his genome project, how many bones was Paaba able to obtain?

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

5. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did coral reefs grow?

3. Who was the first European to encounter the Great Barrier Reef, and how did he come across it?

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

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

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

7. What was interesting about the Alzatea verticillata tree?

8. What did Suci eat at the zoo?

9. How were Silman's tree plots laid out?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It was proposed that a sixth extinction was occurring on our planet. What was the sixth extinction and why do some believe it is another mass extinction?

Essay Topic 2

Introduced species can be benign or destructive. What factors can lead to an introduced species thriving in its new home and causing destruction or dying out or causing very few problems? Why don't introduced species always cause problems?

Essay Topic 3

The term extinction wasn't known until the 18th century. How did the scientist Cuvier determine through research that some animals were lost species?

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