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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 is one function that cave dwelling animals lost through natural selection?
(a) Touch.
(b) Sight.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Taste.

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

3. Which term refers to organisms with no distinct gender?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Polymorphic.
(c) Single cell.
(d) Hermaphrodite.

4. What does the process of species growth suggest about species that are transported into foreign regions?
(a) They inter-breed.
(b) They do not prosper.
(c) They prosper.
(d) They stay stagnant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4: Natural Selection, what does Darwin suggest about most variations?

2. What do scientists attribute to organs that cannot be explained by natural selection?

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

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

5. Which term refers to a type of variation that is seen in most or all groups of organisms?

(see the answer key)

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