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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What period in time can explain many migrations due to climate change?
(a) Industrial Age.
(b) Technological Age.
(c) Ice Age.
(d) Thermal Age.

2. What does the fossil record show about new species?
(a) They did exist in ancient times.
(b) They are different species.
(c) They did not exist in ancient times.
(d) They are variations of fossils.

3. What do commonalities of species found on islands say about species in general?
(a) They migrate.
(b) There are many variations.
(c) They descend from a common ancestor.
(d) They were created independently.

4. What do many organisms of oceanic islands resemble?
(a) Birds.
(b) Species of the closest land mass.
(c) Sea creatures.
(d) Each other.

5. What type of fossils may survive damaging geological changes?
(a) Small and thick.
(b) Small and thin.
(c) Large and thick.
(d) Large and thin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the seeds of plants that helps them reproduce?

2. What does Darwin suggest about variations of species in terms of examining the fossil records?

3. What happens to the offspring when two of the same distinct species interbreed?

4. What behaviors have been lost through the domestication of cats and dogs?

5. What does the bone structure of the human hand resemble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darwin suggest about the fossil records of trilobites?

2. What does Darwin suggest about the milking behaviors of ants on some insects?

3. How does Darwin explain similarities in embryos?

4. How does natural selection explain relationships among creatures?

5. How can naturalists determine if land masses were once connected?

6. Why does Darwin use a fish and a reptile as comparisons?

7. Why do rudimentary organs pose a problem for theorists that species were created independently?

8. What is the key explanation for species living in different regions?

9. How does natural selection explain the behaviors of Formica rufescens?

10. What is a cause for infertility as discussed in Chapter 8: Hybridism?

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