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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was on the ground at One Tree Island?
(a) Black dirt.
(b) Lava stones.
(c) Coral rubble.
(d) Sand.

2. What size was a skeleton discovered west of Buenos Aires?
(a) 15 feet long and 7 feet high.
(b) 10 feet long and 8 feet high.
(c) 9 feet long and 9 feet high.
(d) 12 feet long and 6 feet high.

3. In what zoo did herpetologist Paul Crump work?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Denver.
(c) Houston.
(d) Kansas City.

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

5. From what country were Norway rats from?
(a) Norway.
(b) China.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paul Crutzen, how much of the earth had been transformed by human activity?

2. From what university were psychologist who recruited undergraduate students for an experiment about perception?

3. When the oceans emptied out, how many marine species were believed to have died off?

4. When an Australian researcher broke apart a volleyball-sized chunk of coral, how many polychaete worms did he find?

5. On which edge of Castello Aragonese were the waters more or less unaffected by the vents?

(see the answer key)

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