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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. In Chapter 11, how many Javan rhinos were believed to be left?
2. When did Captain James Cook encounter the Great Barrier Reef?
3. In 1984 when conservationists gathered in Singapore to work out a Sumatran rhino rescue strategy, how many rhinos were caught for a captive breeding program?
4. Of the world's eight species of bears, how many were categorized as vulnerable to extinction or endangered?
5. If an ocean current flowed about one mile per hours, in six week, how far could a seed be carried?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the author describe One Tree Island?
2. Where did coral reefs grow?
3. As early as the 1840s what explanations had been proposed for the megafauna extinction?
4. In Chapter 10, what introduced species could the author see on her lawn?
5. What did the One Tree Island Research Station consist of?
6. How did the author describe the forest as they descended to Silman's tree plots in Chapter 8?
7. What are some theories for why the alala became extinct in the wild?
8. How did Terry Erwin count beetles in the late 1970s?
9. How did tree diversity vary around the world?
10. In the 1950s, what led William Straus and Alexander Cave to believe that Neanderthals walked upright?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The great auk became extinct in the 19th century. What were the causes that made the bird extinct and were they preventable?
Essay Topic 3
Thomas Kuhn believed that perception played a role in scientific study. How did perception cause scientists to stubbornly hold on to misguided theories and what would finally cause theories to be abandoned or revised?
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