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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 different species might be involved in building a coral reef?

3. What did Paabo's team received as an award for a paper they published in "Science" in May 2010?

4. How many people lived in Biosphere 2 for two years?

5. In Chapter 11, how close was the nearest eligible male rhino?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was interesting about the Alzatea verticillata tree?

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

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

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

5. What was Cohn-Haft's job when he first worked at Reserve 1202?

6. Where and when were the first Neanderthal bones discovered?

7. In the 1950s, what led William Straus and Alexander Cave to believe that Neanderthals walked upright?

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

9. What happened when bats hibernated?

10. What was Biosphere 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Darwin was greatly influenced by Lyell. How did Darwin's theories first support and then contradict Lyell's theories? Why did that cause a rift between the men?

Essay Topic 3

The great auk became extinct in the 19th century. What were the causes that made the bird extinct and were they preventable?

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