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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many different species might be involved in building a coral reef?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 500.
(d) 35.

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

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

5. Where did Suci, the Sumatran rhino, live?
(a) Denver Zoo.
(b) Kansas City Zoo.
(c) Cincinnati Zoo.
(d) Detroit Zoo.

6. From a single species of tree, how many species of beetles had entomologist Terry Erwin collected?
(a) 950.
(b) 814.
(c) 1,045.
(d) 789.

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

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

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

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

11. When was it believed that the Neanderthal vanished?
(a) 25,000 years ago.
(b) 30,000 years ago.
(c) 20,000 years ago.
(d) 15,000 years ago.

12. How many tree plots had Silman established to study climate change in the tropics?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

13. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?
(a) Rina.
(b) Jose.
(c) Hamish.
(d) Arlene.

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

15. How tall did the Arctic willow grow on Ellesmere?
(a) Waist high.
(b) As high as your ankle.
(c) Chest high.
(d) Knee high.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?

3. When were the first bats found that appeared to have been dipped in talcum powder?

4. When did Paabo announce his project to sequence the entire Neanderthal genome?

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

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