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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX-X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country were Norway rats from?
(a) Norway.
(b) China.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Japan.

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

3. When did paleontologists publish a study revealing not just the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser extinction events?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1984.

4. Where was Dob's Linn located?
(a) Northern Britain.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Ireland.

5. When did a volcanic eruption force the entire population of Ischia to take refuge on Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1411.
(b) 1460.
(c) 1302.
(d) 1312.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the best time to take a bat census?

2. If an ocean current flowed about one mile per hours, in six week, how far could a seed be carried?

3. In 1916, how many Japanese beetles were discovered near Riverton, New Jersey?

4. What was the modern day name for the island where explorers once found auks?

5. How many species found in the vent-free zone near Castello Aragonese, disappeared in the pH 7.8 zone?

(see the answer key)

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