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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frogs lay their eggs?

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

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

4. Worldwide, how many amphibians species had been identified?

5. In 1984, where were grains of shocked quartz found in a layer of clay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where had Bd spread?

2. How did Luis Alvarez solve the debate over whether there were treasure-filled chambers inside Egypt's second-largest pyramid?

3. What were the frogs like that Darwin discovered in Chile?

4. Where were the Panamanian golden frogs housed, when it was discovered they were dying?

5. When and how did it appear that the American mastodon became extinct?

6. How did the creatures collected by Hall-Spencer and Buia reveal the destructive effect of the volcanic vents?

7. What did the great auk look like?

8. What was Bd and how did it kill frogs?

9. How were the frogs protected at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center?

10. How did Charles Lyell become a scientist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The great auk became extinct in the 19th century. What were the causes that made the bird extinct and were they preventable?

Essay Topic 2

Thomas Kuhn believed that perception played a role in scientific study. How did perception cause scientists to stubbornly hold on to misguided theories and what would finally cause theories to be abandoned or revised?

Essay Topic 3

Scientists speculate about the future of the earth and humans and a Sixth Extinction. Was a Sixth Extinction inevitable or were there ways that a Sixth Extinction could be averted?

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