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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. Who is one individual that Darwin mentions as helping him in every way prior to the publication of The Origin of Species?
(a) Edward Forbes.
(b) Dr. Hooker.
(c) Dr. Lovette.
(d) Rev. W. Horbert.

2. What does natural selection favor in terms of increasing population?
(a) Traits that do not lead to reproduction.
(b) Traits that lead to reproduction.
(c) Traits that lead to sterility.
(d) Traits that lead to strength.

3. What is unique about white cats with blue eyes?
(a) They do not reproduce.
(b) They are blind.
(c) They are not seen in the wild.
(d) They are deaf.

4. What tends to occur in large groups of genera?
(a) They live over large areas.
(b) They never inter-breed.
(c) They divide into smaller groups.
(d) They become varieties.

5. What do naturalists call a situation where a child takes on characteristics NOT shared by the parents?
(a) Adopted.
(b) Reverted.
(c) Extroverted.
(d) Introverted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would one organism be able to survive in a climate that another could not?

2. In extreme environments, what are species in competition with?

3. In Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication, what animal does Darwin give as an example for being perfectly adapted for catching its food?

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

5. What is likely to NOT affect variations that are consistent among individuals?

(see the answer key)

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