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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI-XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?
(a) 24.
(b) 26.
(c) 28.
(d) 27.

2. How many species of native trees were found in Vermont?
(a) 50.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

3. When was the best time to take a bat census?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

4. In Chapter 11, what did Suci weigh?
(a) 1,108 pounds.
(b) 1,709 pounds.
(c) 1,507 pounds.
(d) 1,318 pounds.

5. When were bones discovered in a cave that gave the world the Neanderthal?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1843.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How big was One Tree Island?

3. In Chapter 7, by what percent did a study by Australian researchers find that the Great Barrier Reef had declined in the last thirty years?

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

5. According to the Geological Society of America, how much land had people directly transformed?

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