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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. How many different species might be involved in building a coral reef?

2. How much did it cost to feed Suci ficus leaves a year?

3. In Chapter 11, how close was the nearest eligible male rhino?

4. When Acropora millepora spawned, how many eggs would be in each egg-sperm bundle?

5. For his genome project, how many bones was Paaba able to obtain?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Silman's tree plots laid out?

2. Why did Cohn-Haft believe that there were more species of birds in the Amazon than thirteen hundred?

3. What did Suci eat at the zoo?

4. How did the author describe the forest as they descended to Silman's tree plots in Chapter 8?

5. In the 1950s, what led William Straus and Alexander Cave to believe that Neanderthals walked upright?

6. Where had Neanderthal bones been discovered after they were first discovered in Germany?

7. Where and when were the first Neanderthal bones discovered?

8. In Chapter 10, what introduced species could the author see on her lawn?

9. How did tree diversity vary around the world?

10. What did the One Tree Island Research Station consist of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Isolation seems to threaten the diversity of a species. What are some causes of isolation that seem to threaten species? Why don't species just adapt in smaller numbers when isolated?

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

Zalasiewicz and other geologists were interested in studying graptolites. What were graptolites and why were they significant to geologists?

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