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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, by official count, how many species of birds were there in the Amazon?
(a) 750.
(b) 500.
(c) 250.
(d) 1,300.

2. How many species of arthropods did Terry Erwin estimate lived in the tropics?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 30 million.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 5 million.

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

4. How many miles separated Galapagos from the coast of South America?
(a) 450.
(b) 350.
(c) 500.
(d) 250.

5. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 30,000.

6. When were the first bats found that appeared to have been dipped in talcum powder?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2007.

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

8. How many Sumtran rhinos were born at the Cincinnati Zoo?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

9. How much Neanderthal DNA did all non-Africans carry according to Paabo?
(a) 2 to 3 percent.
(b) 1.5 percent.
(c) 6 percent.
(d) 1 to 4 percent.

10. How close to Australia was One Tree Island?
(a) 50 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 75 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

11. At the time the author wrote Chapter 9, how much of the earth was ice-free?
(a) 75 million square miles.
(b) 25 million square miles.
(c) 50 million square miles.
(d) 45 million square miles.

12. In 2004, how many black-faced honeycreepers probably existed?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

13. In the BDFFP's study plots, how many species of trees have been identified?
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1,300.
(c) 1,400.
(d) 1,200.

14. 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?
(a) 35.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 30.

15. In 1984 when conservationists gathered in Singapore to work out a Sumatran rhino rescue strategy, how many rhinos were caught for a captive breeding program?
(a) 17.
(b) 40.
(c) 12.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a nearly complete Neanderthal skeleton found in a cave in southern France?

2. By the time it was learned that Sumatran rhinos could not just eat hay, how many were left in U.S. zoos?

3. In a cave in Vermont, how many bat corpses piled up on the ground after they were affected by "Geomyces destructans"?

4. Who was credited with having put the term "biological diversity" into general circulation?

5. In 1916, how many Japanese beetles were discovered near Riverton, New Jersey?

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