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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. During the end-Permian extinction, how much did scientists theorize the seas warmed?

2. What did Luis Alvarez decide to use to clock the clay in Gola del Bottaccione?

3. At the time the author wrote Chapter 5, what was the current theory for the end-Ordovician extinction?

4. When Zalasiewicz asked colleagues during a luncheon meeting why they though of the term Anthropocene, how many thought the concept had merit?

5. Where did golden frogs lay their eggs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were graptolites?

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

3. When and how did it appear that the American mastodon became extinct?

4. What did Cuvier do at the Paris Museum of Natural History?

5. What does the town of El Valle De Anton look like?

6. What is the purpose and design of the Icelandic Institute of Natural History?

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

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

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

10. What was Castello Aragonese?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the 18th century some scientists believed in transformation of species. What was transformation of species and why didn't Cuvier believe transformation was possible?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Isolation seems to threaten the diversity of a species. What are some causes of isolation that seem to threaten species? Why don't species just adapt in smaller numbers when isolated?

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