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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preston's Bell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does a species' dispersal ability become important, according to Quammen?
(a) When an island loses all its life after a catastrophic event.
(b) When a species is forced to find new food sources.
(c) When the species is isolated by mountain ranges or lakes.
(d) When a species is threatened by new predators.

2. What is the term that encompasses David Quammen's overall idea?
(a) Functional adaptation.
(b) Survival of the fittest.
(c) Island biogeography.
(d) Ecosystem collapse.

3. What is a trophic cascade?
(a) The consequences of habitat depletion.
(b) The result of change in one species' hunting habits.
(c) The interrelation between species.
(d) The cycle of expansion and contraction in animal populations.

4. What does Quammen say Wallace developed in South America?
(a) A clear vision of the profits to be made in providing scientists with specimens.
(b) A sharp eye for different traits in insects.
(c) A terrifying vision of the destruction of ecosystems.
(d) A deep devotion to the science of zoology.

5. What was the first species to arrive in Krakatau after the eruption?
(a) A spider.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) A bird.
(d) A snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Quammen really describing as he imagines the hacked up rug?

2. How many species of the animal Philip Darlington studied did an island of four square miles possess?

3. How does Quammen say islands are sometimes formed?

4. What is the difference between an isolate and a sample?

5. What rule governs the relationship between the size of an island and the number of species it can support?

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