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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hedgehog of the Amazon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What observation did Wilson make to Quammen?
(a) That fewer species were found on more remote islands.
(b) That islands with caves had the greatest biodiversity.
(c) That species diversity declined in islands in the southern hemisphere.
(d) That taller islands had more species.

2. What were Frank Preston's findings in plotting the distribution of species in island habitats?
(a) A bell curve to represent commonness of species.
(b) A direct proportion to represent commonness of species.
(c) A random relationship between size of island and commonness of species.
(d) An indirect proportion to represent commonness of species.

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

4. Why were people cutting down the forests in the place where Lovejoy implemented his plan?
(a) To make rangeland.
(b) To build cities.
(c) To mine resources.
(d) To make wildlife extinct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Owen Griffiths?

2. Which scientist compared animals on islands with their counterparts on larger landmasses?

3. What was Carl Jones trying to rescue in Mauritius?

4. What does Quammen say makes his field important?

5. When does Quammen say his field became a field of inquiry?

(see the answer key)

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