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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. Approximately how many species of birds are there in the world?

2. How many species of finch are there in Hawaii?

3. Who appears in Chapter 15 separating DNA in plastic bags?

4. Who draws a chart at the end of Chapter 14?

5. What color was the moth Biston betularia in the early 1800s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Choose one example from the text regarding how humans affect other species, and explain it.

2. Describe the two shorelines that Weiner discusses in Chapter 11.

3. What is the significance of Darwin's spelling errors for modern science?

4. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

5. Describe the act of "speciation" in the haw flies.

6. What effect do the finches have on cactus flowers?

7. Describe what Martin Taylor does with the moth samples he receives.

8. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.

9. Summarize Weiner's hypothesis on the physical aspect of human consciousness.

10. Describe Dolph Schluter's experiment in British Columbia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the personality and work of Rosemary Grant, and compare and contrast her with another person in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of evolutionary science in the development of antibiotics.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Weiner's use of metaphor in explicating the information he presents, citing the finches' resemblance to Sisyphus as an example.

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