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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. When was it difficult to avoid stepping on frogs in Sierra Nevada?

2. Where did Darwin pick up volume two of Lyell's work?

3. What type of stone was in the jagged outcropping of Dob's Linn?

4. How old was Darwin when the voyage on the HMS "Beagle" ended?

5. Where did Charles Lyell grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hall-Spencer work until he was able to get funding for his research?

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

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

4. What did the great auk look like?

5. What was the Gola del Botttaccione?

6. How did Luis Alvarez solve the debate over whether there were treasure-filled chambers inside Egypt's second-largest pyramid?

7. How did Charles Lyell become a scientist?

8. What were graptolites?

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

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

A new name was proposed for the epoch of humans. What was the new name proposed and why was it more appropriate than other names that were considered?

Essay Topic 2

Oceans appeared to be becoming more acidic. What were the consequences of acidity in oceans and what implications did that have for future?

Essay Topic 3

Darwin was greatly influenced by Lyell. How did Darwin's theories first support and then contradict Lyell's theories? Why did that cause a rift between the men?

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