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Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the legendary first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac, found the Kingdom of Cuzco?
(a) 1200.
(b) 1290.
(c) 1324.
(d) 1250.

2. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) University of Cambridge.

3. What genus of plants were brought to south Florida as an ornamental landscape plant from Australia?
(a) Pentastemona.
(b) Melaleuca.
(c) Croomia.
(d) Stemona.

4. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids which didn't die?
(a) Hid them.
(b) Sold them.
(c) Glued them to trees.
(d) Put them in pots.

5. There are over how many known species of orchids?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 42,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 35,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pollination do orchids undergo?

2. What refers to a trait that is shared by two or more taxa and their most recent common ancestor, whose ancestor in turn does not possess the trait?

3. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?

4. What is the name of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology?

5. What is Lee Moore's profession, according to CITES and the US Government?

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