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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) Future generations.
(b) Past generations.
(c) Intermediate generations.
(d) Fossil records.

2. What term refers to change from one generation to the next?
(a) Hereditary modification.
(b) Growth.
(c) Natural process.
(d) Generational change.

3. What do some scientists say is the reason that cultivated plants do not produce seeds?
(a) Instinct.
(b) Poor nutrition.
(c) Poor soil.
(d) Genetics.

4. What species type is known for a lot of variation between individuals?
(a) Trimorphic.
(b) Bimorphic.
(c) Trapamorphic.
(d) Polymorphic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following refers to a scientist who studies living creatures?

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

3. What can be said about the range of species that are closely related?

4. What is one way to observe the change in a species in a controlled environment?

5. What is unique about variation in polymorphic species?

(see the answer key)

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