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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. How many tree plots had Silman established to study climate change in the tropics?

2. In an average day, how many pounds of ficus leaves would Suci eat?

3. How many species of primates could be found in the area of the BDFFP project?

4. In Chapter 7, by what percent did a study by Australian researchers find that the Great Barrier Reef had declined in the last thirty years?

5. How much would the temperature of a hibernating bat drop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was interesting about the Alzatea verticillata tree?

2. As early as the 1840s what explanations had been proposed for the megafauna extinction?

3. How did Terry Erwin count beetles in the late 1970s?

4. Why did Cohn-Haft believe that there were more species of birds in the Amazon than thirteen hundred?

5. Why did the Sumatran rhino species nearly become extinct?

6. What was Biosphere 2?

7. What were the hobbits?

8. How did the author decide to go to One Tree?

9. What happened when bats hibernated?

10. How did the author describe One Tree Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the 18th century some scientists believed in transformation of species. What was transformation of species and why didn't Cuvier believe transformation was possible?

Essay Topic 2

The term extinction wasn't known until the 18th century. How did the scientist Cuvier determine through research that some animals were lost species?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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