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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. Which of the following tends to live over larger areas?
(a) Variations.
(b) Mammals.
(c) Subspecies.
(d) Species.

2. What term refers to those organisms that survive despite the struggle for resources?
(a) Hereditary modification.
(b) Circle of life.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Artificial selection.

3. Which term refers to a type of variation that is NOT inherited and only affects individuals?
(a) Organism variation.
(b) Definite variation.
(c) Species variation.
(d) Indefinite variation.

4. When is the only time a rational conclusion can be reached on a theory?
(a) When both sides have been considered.
(b) You can never draw a conclusion in science.
(c) When one side comes up with more proof.
(d) After a committee discussion and agreement.

5. What do some scientists say is the reason that cultivated plants do not produce seeds?
(a) Poor soil.
(b) Genetics.
(c) Poor nutrition.
(d) Instinct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What typically happens to a species that begins to vary and forms two distinct species?

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

3. What is unique about variation in polymorphic species?

4. In Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication, what animal does Darwin give as an example for being perfectly adapted for catching its food?

5. Where did Darwin's ship travel?

(see the answer key)

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