View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cohn-Haft and his colleagues banded birds across the reserve, how many did they band?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 11,000.

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

3. Where were the paleontologists from who published a study revealing not only the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser events?
(a) University of Chicago.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) University of Colorado.
(d) University of Montana.

4. What type of stone was in the jagged outcropping of Dob's Linn?
(a) Shale.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Sandstone.
(d) Granite.

5. At the time the author wrote Chapter 9, how much of the earth was ice-free?
(a) 50 million square miles.
(b) 75 million square miles.
(c) 25 million square miles.
(d) 45 million square miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what university were psychologist who recruited undergraduate students for an experiment about perception?

2. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?

3. When did paleontologists publish a study revealing not just the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser extinction events?

4. According to the Geological Society of America, how much land had people directly transformed?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 213 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample