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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. What was Suci given while she had an ultrasound?

2. By the early 1980s, how low was the population of Sumatran rhinos?

3. What cyclone added a ridge on One Tree Island in March 2009?

4. At the time the author visited BDFFP, how many scientific papers had been written about the area?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Silman's tree plots laid out?

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

3. What was the Frozen Zoo?

4. What did the One Tree Island Research Station consist of?

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

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

7. How had the road BR-174 changed over the years?

8. What did Suci eat at the zoo?

9. What was one bird species Cohn-Haft discovered through rigorous listening?

10. What was the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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