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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?
(a) Berne.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

2. How many acres of untouched rainforest were inside Reserve 1202?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

3. How many species of army ants were found in the tropics?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 50-60.
(c) 45-50.
(d) Dozens.

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

5. Where was Castello Aragonese located?
(a) 18 miles west of Naples.
(b) 5 miles west of Sorrento.
(c) 18 miles east of Naples.
(d) 8 miles west of Sorrento.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?

2. During the statary phase when ants stay mostly in one place to raise a new generation, how long might the ants stay put?

3. How big was each of Silman's tree plots?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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