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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 happens when two species from different climates interbreed?
(a) All traits are selected for.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Traits favoring the previous climate are still selected for.
(d) Some traits are not selected for.

2. Where might a species who are adapted to warm climates migrate to as the climate becomes colder?
(a) Equator.
(b) North Pole.
(c) South Pole.
(d) Mountains.

3. What does the fossil record suggest about species that go extinct?
(a) They go extinct quickly.
(b) They pass on their traits.
(c) They reappear as a variation.
(d) They do not reappear.

4. Where is much of the evidence proving natural selection found?
(a) Fossil records.
(b) Ancient generations.
(c) New generations.
(d) Geological records.

5. How might one explain the correlation of growth?
(a) A natural mistake.
(b) Natural selection changes the whole, not just a part.
(c) Natural selection's way to economize.
(d) Complication in selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be said about organisms belonging to the same species?

2. On what ship did Darwin ride while writing The Origin of Species?

3. How do scientists explain the presence of the same species in different locations?

4. What happens when two fossils of the same species are chronologically far apart?

5. When is the only time a rational conclusion can be reached on a theory?

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