The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

David Quammen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 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 World in Pieces.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprising dispersal ability does Quammen say elephants have?
(a) Ability to swim long distances.
(b) Ability to be carried in other animals' fur.
(c) Ability to go without water for weeks.
(d) Ability to be carried on wind currents.

2. How many species did Wilson and MacArthur predict would establish an equilibrium in Krakatau?
(a) 250.
(b) 30.
(c) 500.
(d) 50.

3. What was Tasmania's environmental history, according to Quammen?
(a) It was formed by a volcano in the sea.
(b) It was isolated by a growing mountain range in India.
(c) It was separated from Australia by water.
(d) It experienced a catastrophic eruption that killed off everything on the island, before life returned slowly.

4. Which scientist compared animals on islands with their counterparts on larger landmasses?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Quammen.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Foster.

5. How many species would an island of 4,000 square miles have, according to Quammen?
(a) 400.
(b) 88.
(c) 40.
(d) 271.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lawrence Abele study?

2. Who is Thomas Lovejoy?

3. What risky move did Carl Jones make to save the Mauritius kestrel?

4. When was the concept of the minimum viable population introduced?

5. What factor did NOT cause the decline of the kestrel population?

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