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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did students begin returning from trips to Sierra Nevada empty-handed?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1990s.

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

3. How many tree plots had Silman established to study climate change in the tropics?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 6.
(d) 17.

4. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Western Utah.
(d) Eastern Montana.

5. When were the first mastodon bones discovered that were subjected to scientific study?
(a) 1739.
(b) 1716.
(c) 1746.
(d) 1751.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many trees did the author believe were growing on One Tree?

2. In 1835, where did Darwin view a coral reef?

3. When did Darwin write to Anton Dohrn, founder of a marine biological station at Castello Aragonese?

4. What did Luis Alvarez decide to use to clock the clay in Gola del Bottaccione?

5. In Chapter 8, how long had it taken Silman and the author to travel 50 miles?

(see the answer key)

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