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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remainder of Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many new arthropod designs does The Burgess Shale contain?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Fifty.

2. What did Morris push Whittington to do?
(a) To wonder more and do less.
(b) To do more and wonder less.
(c) To be more radical.
(d) To be less radical.

3. What kind of picture do scientists have of multi-cellular animal life because of the Burgess Shale?
(a) Distinct.
(b) None.
(c) General.
(d) Imagined.

4. What does Gould say represents the Burgess message?
(a) Opabinia.
(b) Yohoia.
(c) Scthyoria.
(d) Naraoia.

5. What adjectives describe Morris?
(a) Antisocial, benevolent, gracious.
(b) Radical, immature.
(c) Young, radical, antisocial.
(d) Gracious, young, compassionate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types did Whittingdon use to classify the new species?

2. What do bats superficially resemble?

3. How many levels are there in the taxonomy of life?

4. What did the new methods Whittington and his team adopted help them do?

5. What do the levels range from in the taxonomy of life?

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