The Sixth Extinction Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Elizabeth Kolbert
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Sixth Extinction Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Elizabeth Kolbert
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI-XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to American naturalists, Carl and Marian Rettenmeyer, how many species did they discover that lived in association with "Eciton burchellii" army ants?
(a) 250.
(b) 80.
(c) 300.
(d) 50.

2. In Chapter 11, what did Suci weigh?
(a) 1,318 pounds.
(b) 1,507 pounds.
(c) 1,709 pounds.
(d) 1,108 pounds.

3. When was it believed that One Tree Island was created?
(a) 4,000 years ago.
(b) 11,000 years ago.
(c) 3,500 years ago.
(d) 7,500 years ago.

4. In Chapter 11, how close was the nearest eligible male rhino?
(a) 10,000 miles.
(b) 5,000 miles.
(c) 215 miles.
(d) 180 miles.

5. In Chapter 11, how many species of Rhino did the author say still existed?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Jambato toad found in backyard gardens?

2. When did students begin returning from trips to Sierra Nevada empty-handed?

3. Where did Silman teach?

4. How many illustrations of species were in "Graptolites in British Stratigraphy"?

5. How many prey could a colony of army ants on the march consume per day?

(see the answer key)

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