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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Laws of Variation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication, what animal does Darwin give as an example for being perfectly adapted for catching its food?
(a) Woodpecker.
(b) Beaver.
(c) Bull.
(d) Tiger.

2. What aspect of organisms is not caused by chance?
(a) Size.
(b) Variation.
(c) Gender.
(d) Location.

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

4. Which of the following occurs when one type of variation causes variation in another part of an organism?
(a) Correlation of growth.
(b) Misallocation of variation.
(c) Mulitvariation.
(d) Normal variation.

5. With respect to breeders, what leads to the development of different varieties of species when breeding?
(a) Genetic selection.
(b) Purposeful selection.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Accidental selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be said about the range of species that are closely related?

2. What does natural selection say about the most distinct characteristic of a species?

3. What does the process of species growth suggest about species that are transported into foreign regions?

4. What is unique about variation in polymorphic species?

5. What happens when two species from different climates interbreed?

(see the answer key)

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