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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: Geographical Distribution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who believed that humans would fall into starvation because they could not meet the needs of the population?
(a) Hooker.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Newton.
(d) Maltus.

2. Which of the following refers to ways by which an organism could spread to a new area that would NOT typically occur naturally?
(a) Human transport.
(b) Artificial migration.
(c) Species changes.
(d) Accidental means of dispersal.

3. What separates marine life near the equator and South America that causes vast differences in species?
(a) Fresh water rivers.
(b) Small strip of Panama.
(c) Atlantic Ocean.
(d) Peru.

4. What does Darwin suggest that natural selection cannot do independently?
(a) Cause extinction.
(b) Create new species.
(c) Produce the same species twice.
(d) Eliminate dysfunctional traits.

5. What type of species do many islands lack?
(a) Birds.
(b) Mammals.
(c) Crustaceans.
(d) Amphibians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is correlated with a difference in creatures that inhabit a region?

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

3. What is one variation found in birds that migrate?

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

5. How is the American cuckoo different from the European cuckoo?

(see the answer key)

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