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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. As an example of a variation, what does Darwin indicate in Chapter 1 that is a change due to improved diet?
(a) Increased size.
(b) Decreased size.
(c) Higher intelligence.
(d) Lower intelligence.

2. Which of the following refers to a scientist who studies living creatures?
(a) Paleontologist.
(b) Botanist.
(c) Naturalist.
(d) Geologist.

3. How is the practice of purposeful selection seen throughout history?
(a) No change in species.
(b) Relics from ancient civilizations.
(c) Written records.
(d) Natural change in species.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about variation in polymorphic species?

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

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

4. What does the absence of complete facts with Darwin's theory open the theory up to?

5. What do some scientists say is the reason that cultivated plants do not produce seeds?

(see the answer key)

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