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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Icelandic Institute of Natural History located?
(a) Njarovik.
(b) Reykjavik.
(c) Kopavogur.
(d) Akuyeyri.

2. How many species found in the vent-free zone near Castello Aragonese, disappeared in the pH 7.8 zone?
(a) 3/8.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/3.

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

4. When were undergraduate students recruited for an experiment about perception?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1949.

5. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were the paleontologists from who published a study revealing not only the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser events?

3. What group did Condon and Millar, Zalasiewicz's colleagues, work for?

4. How many species of army ants were found in the tropics?

5. At BDFFP in Chapter 9, what bird species would cross road clearings?

(see the answer key)

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