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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Galapagos Islands.
(c) Montevideo.
(d) Chile.

2. When an Australian researcher broke apart a volleyball-sized chunk of coral, how many polychaete worms did he find?
(a) 580.
(b) About 1,000.
(c) 103.
(d) More than 1,400.

3. What color eyes does Kolbert's guide have who shows her around Dob's Linn?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

4. How many average-sized mice could be killed by the poison in the skin of one golden-frog?
(a) 750.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,000.

5. Where did evolution emerge as a concept?
(a) Italy.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the first clue discovered as to what was killing off frogs around the world?

2. At the time the author wrote Chapter 5, what was the current theory for the end-Ordovician extinction?

3. What did Ken Caldeira do before becoming an atmospheric scientists?

4. Where was the Jambato toad found in backyard gardens?

5. When Acropora millepora spawned, how many sperm were in each egg-sperm bundle?

(see the answer key)

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