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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: Geographical Distribution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the major limiting factor to migration?
(a) Oceans.
(b) Land mass.
(c) Lakes.
(d) Stamina.

2. What behaviors have been lost through the domestication of cats and dogs?
(a) Breeding.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Eating chickens.
(d) Barking/meowing.

3. Which species require more years for change?
(a) Inter-breeders.
(b) Fast breeders.
(c) Sterile species.
(d) Slow breeders.

4. What is the struggle for existence caused by?
(a) Little food sources.
(b) Too many species.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Quick reproduction.

5. What is correlated with a difference in creatures that inhabit a region?
(a) Mating potential.
(b) Migration patterns.
(c) Food supply.
(d) The barriers of that region.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the same species live in regions separated by large bodies of water, what is the rationale for their existence?

2. What insect does Darwin offer as an example of having a naturally selected trait that is NOT beneficial?

3. What is NOT sufficient to account for differences in organisms in different regions?

4. What is one consequence of natural selection?

5. What species of bees builds inefficient hives?

(see the answer key)

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