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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time the author visited BDFFP, how many scientific papers had been written about the area?
(a) 739.
(b) More than 500.
(c) 612.
(d) About 800.

2. When Europeans first landed on an island in Newfoundland, how many auk was it estimated were there?
(a) As many as 100,000 pairs.
(b) About 50,000 pairs.
(c) 10,000 pairs.
(d) 75,000 pairs.

3. How tall were adult auks?
(a) 4 feet tall.
(b) About 3 feet tall.
(c) 1 1/2 feet tall.
(d) More than 2 1/2 feet tall.

4. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) York.

5. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?
(a) 18th century.
(b) 16th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 15th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of crystals did Zalasiewicz's colleagues hope to find at Dob's Linn?

2. How much would the temperature of a hibernating bat drop?

3. How many species of birds were estimated to live in the entire world?

4. In the BDFFP's study plots, how many species of trees have been identified?

5. Who was credited with having put the term "biological diversity" into general circulation?

(see the answer key)

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