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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 35.

2. When did Suci's mother die?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2007.

3. When Cohn-Haft and his colleagues banded birds across the reserve, how many did they band?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 11,000.
(d) 8,000.

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

5. When was the best time to hear birds in the Amazon?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Around dusk.
(d) Before dawn.

6. At BDFFP in Chapter 9, what bird species would cross road clearings?
(a) Black-tailed tityra.
(b) Scale-backed antbirds.
(c) Yello-tufted woodpecker.
(d) White-crowned manakins.

7. At the time the author visited BDFFP, how many scientific papers had been written about the area?
(a) About 800.
(b) More than 500.
(c) 739.
(d) 612.

8. For his genome project, how many bones was Paaba able to obtain?
(a) 21.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

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

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

11. By the time it was learned that Sumatran rhinos could not just eat hay, how many were left in U.S. zoos?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

12. What was Suci given while she had an ultrasound?
(a) Apple slices.
(b) Banana.
(c) Orange slices
(d) Hay.

13. In the 1970s, how many species of birds were discovered to live on One Tree?
(a) 15.
(b) 29.
(c) 32.
(d) 8.

14. When Acropora millepora spawned, how many eggs would be in each egg-sperm bundle?
(a) 50.
(b) 20-40.
(c) 15-20.
(d) 30.

15. Who was the first scientist to test sensitivity of coral to the saturation state?
(a) Peter Andrews.
(b) William Wyatt.
(c) Chris Langdon.
(d) James Bryant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was on the ground at One Tree Island?

2. How many trees did the author believe were growing on One Tree?

3. In the northeastern United States, which bats were the first to go into hibernation?

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

5. How many species of birds were estimated to live in the entire world?

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