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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Variation Under Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do naturalists connect with species that have two or three variations?
(a) Fossil records.
(b) Intermediate generations.
(c) Past generations.
(d) Future generations.

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

3. What happens to a species if their traits and characteristics are not passed down to the next generation?
(a) They will become unique species.
(b) They will become extinct.
(c) They will change.
(d) They will grow.

4. Which term refers to a type of variation that is NOT inherited and only affects individuals?
(a) Species variation.
(b) Organism variation.
(c) Indefinite variation.
(d) Definite variation.

5. What classification has a large number of species?
(a) Organism.
(b) Flora.
(c) Genera.
(d) Colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one individual that Darwin mentions as helping him in every way prior to the publication of The Origin of Species?

2. What is the difference between the two types of variations discussed in Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication?

3. Which of the following is a radical change in the structure or behavior of an organism?

4. What term refers to those organisms that survive despite the struggle for resources?

5. What term refers to change from one generation to the next?

(see the answer key)

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