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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. What do Naturalists suggest is one definite distinction between a species and a variety?
(a) Domestication.
(b) Size of groups.
(c) Life span.
(d) Geographical range.

2. What happens when two species from different climates interbreed?
(a) All traits are selected for.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Traits favoring the previous climate are still selected for.
(d) Some traits are not selected for.

3. What classification has a large number of species?
(a) Flora.
(b) Organism.
(c) Colony.
(d) Genera.

4. What does natural selection say about the most distinct characteristic of a species?
(a) It will be the largest change.
(b) It will be the smallest change.
(c) It is the most recently changed.
(d) The change is seen in ancestors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What may hinder positive traits from being passed on during natural selection?

2. What type of relationship do organisms have with one another?

3. Which of the following occurs when one type of variation causes variation in another part of an organism?

4. In Chapter 4: Natural Selection, what does Darwin suggest about most variations?

5. What is one reason that some species' traits are different from other species?

(see the answer key)

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