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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. In extreme environments, what are species in competition with?
(a) Climate.
(b) Food source distruction.
(c) Other species.
(d) Migration needs.

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

3. What seems unlikely, but must be possible concerning the migration of fish?
(a) Upstream migration.
(b) Fresh to saltwater migration.
(c) Southbound migration.
(d) Accidental dispersal.

4. What can instinct be compared with?
(a) Nature.
(b) Life force.
(c) Variation.
(d) Habit.

5. What is one unique characteristic of the European cuckoo?
(a) Lays eggs in other birds' nests.
(b) Eats eggs.
(c) Buries eggs.
(d) Cares for other birds' eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin suggest that natural selection cannot do independently?

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

3. Which of the following refers to ways by which an organism could spread to a new area that would NOT typically occur naturally?

4. What do species survive to do?

5. What species of bees builds inefficient hives?

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