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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. For what university did the drosophilists discussed in Chapter 12 work?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Rockefeller University.
(d) University of Michigan.

2. Where did Darwin pick up the second volume of Principles of Geology?
(a) Guayaquil.
(b) Valparaíso.
(c) Montevideo.
(d) Buenos Aires.

3. Who wrote the article on global warming that is discussed in Chapter 18?
(a) Andrew Bakun.
(b) Trevor Price.
(c) John Endler.
(d) Phillip Gingerich.

4. What part of the human is comparable to the finch's beak, according to Weiner?
(a) The eye.
(b) The hand.
(c) The digestive tract.
(d) The mind.

5. What animal does Scott Carroll study?
(a) The soapberry bug.
(b) The tsetse fly.
(c) The water buffalo.
(d) The English bulldog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is studying the Sticklebacks?

2. Weiner states in Chapter 14 that the finches are like which work of art?

3. How many E. coli bacteria can grow from one bacterium within eight hours?

4. Which animal did Lewontin and Birch study?

5. How many species of finch are there in Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the act of "speciation" in the haw flies.

2. What did Lewontin and Birch discover about the Dacus tryoni?

3. Describe the two shorelines that Weiner discusses in Chapter 11.

4. What significance did Hermon Carey Bumpus discover in the sparrows' deaths? What significance did Peter Grant see?

5. Explain how bacteria build up resistance to antibiotics.

6. What is the significance of the finch's songs? Explain in detail.

7. Describe what Martin Taylor does with the moth samples he receives.

8. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

9. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

10. What effect do the finches have on cactus flowers?

(see the answer keys)

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