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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 did Alvarez get a job at Berkeley?

2. When did Europeans begin making regular voyages to Newfoundland?

3. When was the tenth edition of Car Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" published?

4. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?

5. How many eggs was it thought the great auk produced in a year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Castello Aragonese?

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

4. What did the great auk look like?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lyell disagree with the theory that catastrophes were responsible for geological changes. What did Lyell believe was responsible for geological changes and what evidence did he believe he had to prove that theory?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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