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

2. Which species require more years for change?
(a) Slow breeders.
(b) Sterile species.
(c) Fast breeders.
(d) Inter-breeders.

3. What does the process of species growth suggest about species that are transported into foreign regions?
(a) They stay stagnant.
(b) They inter-breed.
(c) They prosper.
(d) They do not prosper.

4. Why is instinct NOT well-defined?
(a) No one can agree on a definition for instinct.
(b) It covers too many behaviors.
(c) They change rapidly.
(d) It is elusive.

5. What insect does Darwin offer as an example of having a naturally selected trait that is NOT beneficial?
(a) Aphid.
(b) Fly.
(c) Bee.
(d) Spider.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some geologists suggest about islands in the Atlantic and the continent of Europe?

2. What seems unlikely, but must be possible concerning the migration of fish?

3. Who believed that humans would fall into starvation because they could not meet the needs of the population?

4. What is NOT sufficient to account for differences in organisms in different regions?

5. What species of bee builds the most efficient hives?

(see the answer key)

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