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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Hybridism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the offspring when two of the same distinct species interbreed?
(a) Sterile.
(b) Eaten by parents.
(c) Fertile.
(d) Migrate after birth.

2. What do naturalists call a situation where a child takes on characteristics NOT shared by the parents?
(a) Reverted.
(b) Adopted.
(c) Extroverted.
(d) Introverted.

3. In what type of species are variations of the eye found?
(a) Birds.
(b) Crustaceans.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Humans.

4. What is the fate of traits that are neither helpful nor unhelpful for survival?
(a) They are subject to artificial selection.
(b) They are not subject to natural selection.
(c) They are subject to natural selection.
(d) The are bred out of the species.

5. What is the difference between the two types of variations discussed in Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication?
(a) Location of variation.
(b) The area affected by the variation.
(c) Degree of variation.
(d) The species that variations happen to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other field of science can natural selection be compared to?

2. What type of species are most likely to inter-breed?

3. What type of populations may be more likely to become extinct?

4. What is unique about white cats with blue eyes?

5. With respect to breeders, what leads to the development of different varieties of species when breeding?

(see the answer key)

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