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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did Hall-Spencer first take a trip to the vents near Castello Aragonese?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2000.
2. When did paleontologists publish a study revealing not just the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser extinction events?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1980.
3. What type of frog can live in the Australian desert?
(a) Wood frog.
(b) Spring peppers.
(c) Tree frogs.
(d) Sandhill frog.
4. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?
(a) River banks.
(b) Shallow running water.
(c) Shallow caves near creeks.
(d) Sand dunes.
5. When Lyell spoke in Boston, how many people tried to get tickets?
(a) About 5,000.
(b) 3,500.
(c) 2,500.
(d) More than 4,000.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?
2. At the time the author wrote Chapter 5, what was the current theory for the end-Ordovician extinction?
3. During a conversation at the pub in the world's narrowest hotel, what favorite subject of Zalasiewicz was discussed?
4. According to Paul Crutzen, how much of the earth had been transformed by human activity?
5. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Cuvier do at the Paris Museum of Natural History?
2. Why did Luis Alvarez believe that iridium would help to clock the clay at Gubbio?
3. What were graptolites?
4. How was extinction dealt with before the end of the 18th century?
5. What is the purpose and design of the Icelandic Institute of Natural History?
6. What was Bd and how did it kill frogs?
7. How did Lyell and Darwin view extinction?
8. How were the frogs protected at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center?
9. Where was the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center located and what does it look like?
10. In Chapter 5, what rocks did Luis Alvarez study and what did he learn?
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