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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of crystals did Zalasiewicz's colleagues hope to find at Dob's Linn?

2. How long after the author read an article about the five great mass extinctions that had occurred on the earth did she book a plane to Panama?

3. What color eyes does Kolbert's guide have who shows her around Dob's Linn?

4. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?

5. From what university were psychologist who recruited undergraduate students for an experiment about perception?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center located and what does it look like?

2. How difficult was it to find graptolites at Dob's Linn?

3. What were the frogs like that Darwin discovered in Chile?

4. How was extinction dealt with before the end of the 18th century?

5. How were the frogs protected at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center?

6. What did the author see as she swam toward volcanic vents off Castello Aragonese?

7. Where were the first mastodon bones found that were studied?

8. What was Bd and how did it kill frogs?

9. Where were the Panamanian golden frogs housed, when it was discovered they were dying?

10. What deforested Easter Island and how was that conclusion derived?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The great auk became extinct in the 19th century. What were the causes that made the bird extinct and were they preventable?

Essay Topic 2

Lyell disagree with the theory that catastrophes were responsible for geological changes. What did Lyell believe was responsible for geological changes and what evidence did he believe he had to prove that theory?

Essay Topic 3

The Birnam Wood scenario speculated that climate change would cause trees to move upslope. How would climate change cause trees to move from a lower elevation to a higher elevation and why was that significant?

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