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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?

2. What organization did Tjitte de Vries direct?

3. How old are the oldest finches on the island?

4. What is the name of the instrument the Grants use to measure the hardness of the seeds the finches eat?

5. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the typical method of arrival on Daphne Major.

2. Describe what Peter Boag and Laurene Ratcliffe did on Daphne Major while waiting for rain.

3. Which Fortis finches survived the drought of 1977, and why?

4. Explain El Niño and how it affects the Galapagos Islands.

5. Describe the scope and methods of Trevor Price's observation of the finches.

6. What is significant about the hybrid finches discussed in Chapter 8?

7. Explain the occurrence of natural selection that Dolph Schluter found in the sparrows.

8. Summarize Endler's guppy experiments.

9. Explain the significance about the year 1983 as described in Chapter 8.

10. Explain the metaphor of the watch and the watchmaker.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of human consciousness in current evolutionary studies.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of the importance of tiny measurements, including examples from the text in your explication.

Essay Topic 3

Answer the question, "Why are there so many kinds of animals?" Cite specific details and concepts that are found in the text.

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