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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Difficulties on Theory.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What results as a climate becomes more hostile?
(a) Fewer species.
(b) More competition.
(c) Better cooperation between species.
(d) Less food.

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

4. Which of the following tends to live over larger areas?
(a) Variations.
(b) Species.
(c) Subspecies.
(d) Mammals.

5. In Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication, what animal does Darwin give as an example for being perfectly adapted for catching its food?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Beaver.
(c) Woodpecker.
(d) Bull.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one function that cave dwelling animals lost through natural selection?

3. Who believed that humans would fall into starvation because they could not meet the needs of the population?

4. Why does the point of possible starvation for animals occur sooner than for humans?

5. In what type of species are variations of the eye found?

(see the answer key)

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