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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 species of bee builds the most efficient hives?
(a) Hive-bees.
(b) Honeybees.
(c) Bumblebees.
(d) Yellowjackets.

2. How is the American cuckoo different from the European cuckoo?
(a) The American cuckoo raises its own offspring.
(b) The American cuckoo raises others' offspring.
(c) The American cuckoo eats offspring.
(d) The American cuckoo buries offspring.

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

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

5. What may stop a group of carnivorous wolves from growing?
(a) Climate change.
(b) The group decreases in numbers.
(c) Migration changes.
(d) The group becomes too large.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What type of species do many islands lack?

5. What does Darwin suggest about acquired traits in parents?

(see the answer key)

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