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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does natural selection say about the most distinct characteristic of a species?
(a) It will be the smallest change.
(b) The change is seen in ancestors.
(c) It will be the largest change.
(d) It is the most recently changed.

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

4. Who believed that humans would fall into starvation because they could not meet the needs of the population?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Newton.
(c) Maltus.
(d) Hooker.

5. What may stop a group of carnivorous wolves from growing?
(a) The group decreases in numbers.
(b) Climate change.
(c) Migration changes.
(d) The group becomes too large.

Short Answer Questions

1. What typically happens to a species that begins to vary and forms two distinct species?

2. What classification has a large number of species?

3. What bodily system do some scientists believe is responsible for producing individual differences?

4. What type of relationship do organisms have with one another?

5. What does the process of species growth suggest about species that are transported into foreign regions?

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