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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 was the last known Javan rhino in Vietnam killed?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2010.
2. How much Denisovan DNA did contemporary New Guineans carry?
(a) Up to 6 percent.
(b) 3 percent.
(c) About 4 percent.
(d) 1 percent.
3. At the time the author visited BDFFP, how many scientific papers had been written about the area?
(a) More than 500.
(b) 612.
(c) 739.
(d) About 800.
4. In a cave in Vermont, how many bat corpses piled up on the ground after they were affected by "Geomyces destructans"?
(a) 450.
(b) 350.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Hundreds.
5. During the statary phase when ants stay mostly in one place to raise a new generation, how long might the ants stay put?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many species of army ants were found in the tropics?
2. When was a nearly complete Neanderthal skeleton found in a cave in southern France?
3. What was the gestation period for a Sumatran rhino?
4. How long was the debate about Darwin's theory in his 1842 book "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs" debated?
5. When an Australian researcher broke apart a volleyball-sized chunk of coral, how many polychaete worms did he find?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when bats hibernated?
2. In the 1950s, what led William Straus and Alexander Cave to believe that Neanderthals walked upright?
3. What was interesting about the Alzatea verticillata tree?
4. Where and when were the first Neanderthal bones discovered?
5. What did Suci eat at the zoo?
6. What was the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project?
7. Why did Cohn-Haft believe that there were more species of birds in the Amazon than thirteen hundred?
8. How did army ants differ from most other ants?
9. How did the author describe One Tree Island?
10. What are some theories for why the alala became extinct in the wild?
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