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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 would increase the likelihood of variations occurring in a given population?
(a) Domestication.
(b) Fewer members of the species to compete with.
(c) Dramatic environmental changes.
(d) Increase in available food.

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

3. What insect does Darwin offer as an example of having a naturally selected trait that is NOT beneficial?
(a) Fly.
(b) Bee.
(c) Spider.
(d) Aphid.

4. What do Naturalists suggest is one definite distinction between a species and a variety?
(a) Geographical range.
(b) Domestication.
(c) Life span.
(d) Size of groups.

5. What do scientists find throughout the fossil record?
(a) New species.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Flaws in nature.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do naturalists connect with species that have two or three variations?

2. What happens to life forms that do NOT adapt?

3. Which of the following refers to a scientist who studies living creatures?

4. What does natural selection favor in terms of increasing population?

5. What is one river that Darwin gives as an example of one that has dramatically changed over the years?

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