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

2. What do some geologists suggest about islands in the Atlantic and the continent of Europe?
(a) They were once connected.
(b) They have the same species.
(c) The species are completely different from one another.
(d) They have the same climate.

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

4. What is NOT sufficient to account for differences in organisms in different regions?
(a) Genetics.
(b) Differences in climate and terrain.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Food supply.

5. Where might a species who are adapted to warm climates migrate to as the climate becomes colder?
(a) South Pole.
(b) Equator.
(c) Mountains.
(d) North Pole.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to the Formica rufescens, what other ant species takes slaves?

2. What is one unique characteristic of the European cuckoo?

3. What do species survive to do?

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

5. What is required for a species to continue to grow?

(see the answer key)

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