Mini-Exam 2 - Material from Part III of Course
Example Questions:
- What is the relationship between
extinction & evolution?
- What are some of the threats of
small population sizes? (what was the point of the M&M experiments)
- What is the evidence of human-caused
extinctions in pre-history?
- What are the two main explanations
for extinction of mega-fauna in N. America at the end of the Pleistocene?
Be able to give arguments or evidence both in support of &
against each of these two proposals.
- How do a variety of exotic species &
other impacts interact to endanger native birds of Hawaii?
- Be able to give examples of
processes in the arctic that are entering unstoppable feedbacks as a result
of climate warming.