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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. Where were the paleontologists from who published a study revealing not only the major five mass extinctions, but many lesser events?

2. What did the call of the horned marsupial frog sound like?

3. What was Zalasiewicz's speciality?

4. When a second set of mastodon bones were found, where we they sent?

5. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the great auk look like?

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

4. Why did it seem logical that Walter Alvarez became a scientist?

5. What was the Gola del Botttaccione?

6. Where had Bd spread?

7. What was Castello Aragonese?

8. What were graptolites?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thomas Kuhn believed that perception played a role in scientific study. How did perception cause scientists to stubbornly hold on to misguided theories and what would finally cause theories to be abandoned or revised?

Essay Topic 2

Some scientists believe coral reefs may become extinct. What factors are threatening coral reefs and why might they not survive? Can anything be done to improve the chances of coral reefs surviving?

Essay Topic 3

It was theorized that the world was once one continent. Why did the concept of species migrating and the difficulty of their doing so without assistance lead to the idea that the world once was one continent? What evidence was discovered that seemed to support the theory?

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