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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Geographical Distribution continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Darwin suggest transitional forms should be found?
(a) In fossil records.
(b) Regions near mountains.
(c) Regions near water.
(d) In all regions.

3. What does the absence of complete facts with Darwin's theory open the theory up to?
(a) Failure.
(b) Objections.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Success.

4. How many objections does Darwin say there are about natural selection?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason that some species' traits are different from other species?

2. In Chapter 8, according to Darwin's example, what domesticated variety is NOT able to reproduce?

3. What type of organisms will not fossilize?

4. What is the best example of traits that continue to vary?

5. What is unique about variation in polymorphic species?

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