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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. In Chapter 5, where was Luis Alvarez able to obtain rock samples?

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

3. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?

4. How many species found in the vent-free zone near Castello Aragonese, disappeared in the pH 7.8 zone?

5. Where did Charles Lyell attend university?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the creatures collected by Hall-Spencer and Buia reveal the destructive effect of the volcanic vents?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What were graptolites?

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

Zalasiewicz and other geologists were interested in studying graptolites. What were graptolites and why were they significant to geologists?

Essay Topic 2

Darwin believed natural selection determined which species survived or became extinct. What exactly was natural selection and how was it supposed to work in determining which species survived and which became extinct?

Essay Topic 3

Scientists speculate about the future of the earth and humans and a Sixth Extinction. Was a Sixth Extinction inevitable or were there ways that a Sixth Extinction could be averted?

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