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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people lived in Biosphere 2 for two years?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

3. What was the second-largest coral reef located?
(a) Red Sea.
(b) Off the coast of Belize.
(c) Indian ocean.
(d) Caribbean.

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

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

6. 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) 45.
(b) 50.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

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

8. When was the last known Javan rhino in Vietnam killed?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2007.

9. How much did it cost to feed Suci ficus leaves a year?
(a) About $50,000.
(b) $75,000.
(c) $85,000.
(d) Nearly $100,000.

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

11. When the author visited Reserve 1202, where was the graduate student from who was studying bats?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Chile.
(d) Portugal.

12. When did Lyell visit Big Bone Lick and purchase teeth of a baby mastodon?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1824.

13. In 1835, where did Darwin view a coral reef?
(a) Caribbean.
(b) Australia.
(c) Moorea.
(d) Tahiti.

14. On the Great Barrier Reef, how large were the sea cucumbers?
(a) Size of a swim tube.
(b) Size of cucumbers.
(c) Size of bolster cushions.
(d) Size of a children's table.

15. When was it believed that One Tree Island was created?
(a) 3,500 years ago.
(b) 4,000 years ago.
(c) 7,500 years ago.
(d) 11,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was it believed that the Neanderthal vanished?

2. How many species of army ants were found in the tropics?

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

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

5. Of the world's eight species of bears, how many were categorized as vulnerable to extinction or endangered?

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