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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII-VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the end-Permian extinction, how much did scientists theorize the seas warmed?
(a) 50 degrees.
(b) 20 degrees.
(c) 18 degrees.
(d) 70 degrees.

2. How many average-sized mice could be killed by the poison in the skin of one golden-frog?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 750.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 500.

3. How many species of native trees were found in Vermont?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 45.
(d) 50.

4. On which edge of Castello Aragonese were the waters more or less unaffected by the vents?
(a) Southern.
(b) Western.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Northern.

5. What was Zalasiewicz's speciality?
(a) Coprolites.
(b) Graptolites.
(c) Ammonites.
(d) Trace fossils.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the HMS "Beagle" make its first stop?

2. How much did Icelanders pay in 1971 to buy the auk back?

3. When was the Alvarezes' paper "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction" published?

4. How many species found in the vent-free zone near Castello Aragonese, disappeared in the pH 7.8 zone?

5. When did Walter Alvarez visit the Gola del Bottaccione?

(see the answer key)

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