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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When an Australian researcher broke apart a volleyball-sized chunk of coral, how many polychaete worms did he find?
(a) About 1,000.
(b) 580.
(c) 103.
(d) More than 1,400.

2. In Chapter 11, how many Javan rhinos were believed to be left?
(a) 16.
(b) About 30.
(c) Less than 50.
(d) 22.

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

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

5. Where was Bardsey Island located?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Britain.

6. How many species of primates could be found in the area of the BDFFP project?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

7. Who was credited with having put the term "biological diversity" into general circulation?
(a) E. O. Wilson.
(b) Rita Mesquita.
(c) Cohn-Haft.
(d) Tom Lovejoy.

8. How much would the temperature of a hibernating bat drop?
(a) 15-20 degrees.
(b) 30-40 degrees.
(c) 50-60 degrees.
(d) 5-10 degrees.

9. If an ocean current flowed about one mile per hours, in six week, how far could a seed be carried?
(a) About 500 miles.
(b) 700 miles.
(c) 300 miles.
(d) More than 1,000 miles.

10. How many trees did the author believe were growing on One Tree?
(a) 500.
(b) 1.
(c) 250.
(d) 5.

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

12. During the statary phase when ants stay mostly in one place to raise a new generation, how long might the ants stay put?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

13. In 1916, how many Japanese beetles were discovered near Riverton, New Jersey?
(a) A dozen.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) A hundred.

14. When did Paabo announce his project to sequence the entire Neanderthal genome?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2002.

15. What was the gestation period for a Sumatran rhino?
(a) 16 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 14 months.
(d) 12 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what color did the author say that the dirt was in Amazonas?

2. How many acres of untouched rainforest were inside Reserve 1202?

3. Where did Suci, the Sumatran rhino, live?

4. At the time the author visited BDFFP, how many scientific papers had been written about the area?

5. When were bones discovered in a cave that gave the world the Neanderthal?

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