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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big was each of Silman's tree plots?
(a) 3 acres.
(b) 1 acre.
(c) 2 1/2 acres.
(d) 3 1/2 acres.

2. In Chapter 8, how many species of trees did Miles Silman say were in his plots?`
(a) 500.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 750.
(d) 1,000.

3. What was Zalasiewicz's speciality?
(a) Graptolites.
(b) Coprolites.
(c) Trace fossils.
(d) Ammonites.

4. When did Hall-Spencer first take a trip to the vents near Castello Aragonese?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2002.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

2. How long after the author read an article about the five great mass extinctions that had occurred on the earth did she book a plane to Panama?

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

4. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?

5. How long were auk eggs?

(see the answer key)

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