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

2. Where did Darwin's ship travel?
(a) Asia.
(b) South America.
(c) North America.
(d) England.

3. Which term refers to a type of variation that is seen in most or all groups of organisms?
(a) Organism variation.
(b) Indefinite variation.
(c) Definite variation.
(d) Species variation.

4. What is one way to observe the change in a species in a controlled environment?
(a) Learn about extinct animals.
(b) Create hybrids.
(c) Observe wild animals.
(d) Observe captive animals.

5. What is the difference between the two types of variations discussed in Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication?
(a) The area affected by the variation.
(b) Location of variation.
(c) The species that variations happen to.
(d) Degree of variation.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do Naturalists suggest is one definite distinction between a species and a variety?

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

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

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