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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 is one geographical change that affects islands and continents?
(a) Climate changes.
(b) Rainfall changes.
(c) Animal variations.
(d) Sea level changes.

2. What do species survive to do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Migrate.
(c) Survive.
(d) Increase the population.

3. Why do domestic ducks have lighter wings and heavier feet then wild ducks?
(a) Domestic ducks walk less.
(b) Domestic ducks walk more.
(c) This is a false statement.
(d) Different species.

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

5. Why are some useless organs sill found in animals?
(a) They have not been bred out.
(b) Selection takes time.
(c) They were used by ancestors.
(d) All organs have a purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4: Natural Selection, what does Darwin suggest about most variations?

2. What animal does Darwin use as an example of an intermediate form of a full-land and full-flying animal?

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

4. Who believed that humans would fall into starvation because they could not meet the needs of the population?

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

(see the answer key)

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