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

2. What did Ken Caldeira do before becoming an atmospheric scientists?
(a) Physician.
(b) Software developer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) School teacher.

3. According to Paul Crutzen, how much of the earth had been transformed by human activity?
(a) Between 1/3 and 1/2.
(b) About 1/4 to 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 3/4.

4. When did Darwin write to Anton Dohrn, founder of a marine biological station at Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1892.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people lived in Biosphere 2 for two years?

2. In Chapter 5, where was Luis Alvarez able to obtain rock samples?

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

4. Of the fossils collected by Kolbert at Dob's Linn, what letter did many of them resemble?

5. What was Zalasiewicz's speciality?

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