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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 11, how many species of Rhino did the author say still existed?

2. How big was each of Silman's tree plots?

3. When were bones discovered in a cave that gave the world the Neanderthal?

4. When did Suci's mother die?

5. How long had BR-174 been paved in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Frozen Zoo?

2. What were the hobbits?

3. What was Biosphere 2?

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

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

6. What happened when bats hibernated?

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

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

9. How did tree diversity vary around the world?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Biosphere 2 was built to show how life could survive in a closed environment. What factors lead to the failure of Biosphere 2 and why couldn't the humans who lived there survive inside?

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