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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer 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?

2. How much would the temperature of a hibernating bat drop?

3. How many different species might be involved in building a coral reef?

4. How much Neanderthal DNA did all non-Africans carry according to Paabo?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Suci eat at the zoo?

2. What was the Frozen Zoo?

3. How did the author describe One Tree Island?

4. What were the hobbits?

5. What was the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project?

6. What happened when bats hibernated?

7. Why did the Sumatran rhino species nearly become extinct?

8. In the 1950s, what led William Straus and Alexander Cave to believe that Neanderthals walked upright?

9. What was one bird species Cohn-Haft discovered through rigorous listening?

10. How did tree diversity vary around the world?

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