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

2. What may hinder positive traits from being passed on during natural selection?
(a) Interbreeding.
(b) Single organism breeding.
(c) Normal breeding.
(d) Crossbreeding.

3. What type of fossils may survive damaging geological changes?
(a) Large and thin.
(b) Small and thin.
(c) Small and thick.
(d) Large and thick.

4. In Geographical Distribution continued, what does Darwin suggest about the rule of natural selection?
(a) It does not apply to all species.
(b) It applies to all species.
(c) There is a common ancestor.
(d) It is different on islands.

5. Why are some useless organs sill found in animals?
(a) They have not been bred out.
(b) They were used by ancestors.
(c) Selection takes time.
(d) All organs have a purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far are the Galapagos Islands from South America?

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

3. When the same species live in regions separated by large bodies of water, what is the rationale for their existence?

4. Why would one organism be able to survive in a climate that another could not?

5. Which term refers to a type of variation that is NOT inherited and only affects individuals?

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