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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 type of populations experience more variations?
(a) Diverse populations.
(b) Large populations.
(c) Small populations.
(d) Medium populations.

2. What is one variation found in birds that migrate?
(a) Duration of migration.
(b) Location of migration.
(c) Distance of migration.
(d) Timing of migration.

3. In Chapter 8, according to Darwin's example, what domesticated variety is NOT able to reproduce?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Ants.
(c) Maize.
(d) Mongrel.

4. What is NOT sufficient to account for differences in organisms in different regions?
(a) Differences in climate and terrain.
(b) Genetics.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Food supply.

5. What type of selection primarily affects the reproductive characteristics of a species?
(a) Artificial selection.
(b) Environmental selection.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Sexual selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major limiting factor to migration?

2. What is unique about white cats with blue eyes?

3. What is one unique characteristic of the European cuckoo?

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

5. How do some scientists demonstrate the differences between species and variations?

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