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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through World in Pieces.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lawrence Abele find in his studies?
(a) That the territorial needs of each species will be determined by their place on the food chain.
(b) That two coral heads supported more species than one similar-sized head.
(c) That immigration and extinction are mitigated by adaptation and evolve.
(d) That human influences are part of the environment and cannot be ignored in theories.

2. What does Quammen use as an example of an island?
(a) Yellowstone national park.
(b) The komodo dragon's territory.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) Mountaintop ecosystems.

3. How does Quammen say lizards probably arrived at Krakatau?
(a) Came with humans.
(b) Swam.
(c) Flew.
(d) They developed independently from amphibians there.

4. Why is Krakatau scientifically important?
(a) It is just being populated now.
(b) It is so isolated.
(c) It is an exception to most rules of population dispersal.
(d) It is a controlled experiment.

5. How many pieces does Quammen ask the reader to imagine the rug being cut into?
(a) 12.
(b) 144.
(c) 6.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a sample?

2. What is the relationship Quammen develops between the imaginary rug and ecosystems?

3. Where did the dodo nest?

4. What was the first species to arrive in Krakatau after the eruption?

5. How many species would an island of 4,000 square miles have, according to Quammen?

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