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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. What does the Latin word "reticulum" mean?

2. What book is quoted at the beginning of Chapter 15?

3. In what state did Benjamin Walsh build his homestead?

4. How many times has the environment changed as rapidly as in the 20th century?

5. What is the name of the librarian of the Charles Darwin Research Station?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Biston betularia changed color and why it is changing back.

3. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.

4. Choose one example from the text regarding how humans affect other species, and explain it.

5. Explain how bacteria build up resistance to antibiotics.

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

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

8. Describe Dolph Schluter's experiment in British Columbia.

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

10. What is the significance of Darwin's spelling errors for modern science?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe two settings that you find within the book, and compare and contrast them.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Darwin's personality and contributions to science.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the experiment with the Crossbill finches has affected the study of evolution.

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