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

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

3. What species of bees builds inefficient hives?
(a) Yellow jackets.
(b) Honeybees.
(c) Hive-bees.
(d) Bumblebees.

4. What results as a climate becomes more hostile?
(a) Less food.
(b) Better cooperation between species.
(c) More competition.
(d) Fewer species.

5. What is correlated with a difference in creatures that inhabit a region?
(a) Food supply.
(b) Mating potential.
(c) Migration patterns.
(d) The barriers of that region.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which species require more years for change?

2. What insect does Darwin offer as an example of having a naturally selected trait that is NOT beneficial?

3. What is the primary cause for the struggle for survival between species?

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

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

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