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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 types of species forms are NOT found in nature?
(a) Transitional.
(b) Collaborative.
(c) Natural.
(d) Competitve.

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 stay stagnant.
(d) They do not prosper.

3. What may hinder positive traits from being passed on during natural selection?
(a) Interbreeding.
(b) Single organism breeding.
(c) Crossbreeding.
(d) Normal breeding.

4. As an example of a variation, what does Darwin indicate in Chapter 1 that is a change due to improved diet?
(a) Increased size.
(b) Decreased size.
(c) Higher intelligence.
(d) Lower intelligence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do naturalists say about the situation of hybrids resembling their parents?

2. Why do domestic ducks have lighter wings and heavier feet then wild ducks?

3. What typically happens when varieties are inter-breed?

4. If the pistils of a flower are very long, what type of reproduction limitation may this result in?

5. In what type of species has perfect fertility of variations been demonstrated?

(see the answer key)

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