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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 3/4.
(d) 1/2.

2. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?
(a) Houston.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Denver.

3. How many species new to science had Silman and his students found?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

4. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?
(a) Hamish.
(b) Rina.
(c) Arlene.
(d) Jose.

5. When were undergraduate students recruited for an experiment about perception?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the uniformitarian account of extinction hold up?

2. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

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

4. What was served for dinner on the first night of Hanukkah in Chapter 7?

5. When was it believed that One Tree Island was created?

(see the answer key)

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