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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Natural Selection.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one reason that some species' traits are different from other species?
(a) Habitat.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Climate.

2. What tends to occur in large groups of genera?
(a) They never inter-breed.
(b) They live over large areas.
(c) They divide into smaller groups.
(d) They become varieties.

3. With respect to breeders, what leads to the development of different varieties of species when breeding?
(a) Natural selection.
(b) Genetic selection.
(c) Purposeful selection.
(d) Accidental selection.

4. What species type is known for a lot of variation between individuals?
(a) Trapamorphic.
(b) Trimorphic.
(c) Polymorphic.
(d) Bimorphic.

5. What type of selection primarily affects the reproductive characteristics of a species?
(a) Artificial selection.
(b) Environmental selection.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Sexual selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some scientists say is the reason that cultivated plants do not produce seeds?

2. What can be said about the range of species that are closely related?

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

4. What classification has a large number of species?

5. What results as a climate becomes more hostile?

(see the answer key)

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