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

3. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?

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

5. According to Pascal Tassy, how many proboscidean species had been identified?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Gola del Botttaccione?

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

3. How did Charles Lyell become a scientist?

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 5, what rocks did Luis Alvarez study and what did he learn?

8. Why did Luis Alvarez believe that iridium would help to clock the clay at Gubbio?

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

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

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

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

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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