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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. At the time the author wrote Chapter 9, how much of the earth was ice-free?

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

3. By the time it was learned that Sumatran rhinos could not just eat hay, how many were left in U.S. zoos?

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

5. What did Ken Caldeira do before becoming an atmospheric scientists?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened when bats hibernated?

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

5. What were the hobbits?

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

7. How did the author describe One Tree Island?

8. What was Biosphere 2?

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

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?

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

Early in the 21st century, frogs began dying out in various areas. Why were frogs placed in sanctuaries at that time, and what factors make it impossible to release them back into the wild?

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