On the Origin of Species Quiz | One Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

On the Origin of Species Quiz | One Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 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 Chapter 11: Geographical Distribution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the American cuckoo different from the European cuckoo?
(a) The American cuckoo raises its own offspring.
(b) The American cuckoo buries offspring.
(c) The American cuckoo raises others' offspring.
(d) The American cuckoo eats offspring.

2. What do some geologists suggest about islands in the Atlantic and the continent of Europe?
(a) They have the same climate.
(b) The species are completely different from one another.
(c) They were once connected.
(d) They have the same species.

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

4. What can instinct be compared with?
(a) Variation.
(b) Life force.
(c) Habit.
(d) Nature.

5. What type of species do many islands lack?
(a) Mammals.
(b) Crustaceans.
(c) Amphibians.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What species of bee builds the most efficient hives?

2. Where might a species who are adapted to warm climates migrate to as the climate becomes colder?

3. Who believed that humans would fall into starvation because they could not meet the needs of the population?

4. In extreme environments, what are species in competition with?

5. What is one variation found in birds that migrate?

(see the answer key)

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