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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 much could poachers sell rhino horns on the black market?

2. What did Ken Caldeira do before becoming an atmospheric scientists?

3. When was the last known Javan rhino in Vietnam killed?

4. In Chapter 7, by what percent did a study by Australian researchers find that the Great Barrier Reef had declined in the last thirty years?

5. How many species new to science had Silman and his students found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the white powder found on bats and that seemed to be killing them?

2. Who was the first European to encounter the Great Barrier Reef, and how did he come across it?

3. Why did Suci get an ultrasound in Chapter 11?

4. As early as the 1840s what explanations had been proposed for the megafauna extinction?

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

6. Where did coral reefs grow?

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

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

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

10. What were the hobbits?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Alvarezes believed an asteroid caused the end of the Cretaceous period. What led the Alvarezes to believe an asteroid ended the Creataceous period and how did they go about proving their theory?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Oceans appeared to be becoming more acidic. What were the consequences of acidity in oceans and what implications did that have for future?

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