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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. Where did Suci, the Sumatran rhino, live?

2. How many species of native trees were found in Vermont?

3. In 1984 when conservationists gathered in Singapore to work out a Sumatran rhino rescue strategy, how many rhinos were caught for a captive breeding program?

4. Who was the first scientist to test sensitivity of coral to the saturation state?

5. In 1916, how many Japanese beetles were discovered near Riverton, New Jersey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was the first European to encounter the Great Barrier Reef, and how did he come across it?

3. What did Suci eat at the zoo?

4. Why did Suci get an ultrasound in Chapter 11?

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

6. What was Biosphere 2?

7. How did army ants differ from most other ants?

8. How did the author describe the forest as they descended to Silman's tree plots in Chapter 8?

9. What was interesting about the Alzatea verticillata tree?

10. What was the Frozen Zoo?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

It was proposed that a sixth extinction was occurring on our planet. What was the sixth extinction and why do some believe it is another mass extinction?

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