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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one geographical change that affects islands and continents?
(a) Climate changes.
(b) Sea level changes.
(c) Rainfall changes.
(d) Animal variations.

2. What does natural selection say must be true for change to be preserved?
(a) It must be beneficial to the species.
(b) It must be universal.
(c) It must be unique.
(d) It must be genetic.

3. What can instinct be compared with?
(a) Variation.
(b) Nature.
(c) Life force.
(d) Habit.

4. To what degree do hybrids resemble one parent?
(a) Moderate degrees.
(b) Small degrees.
(c) Extreme degrees.
(d) No resemblance.

5. What is one reason that some species' traits are different from other species?
(a) Climate.
(b) Natural selection.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Habitat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would a variety do in order to become a new species?

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

3. What do some scientists say is the reason that cultivated plants do not produce seeds?

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

5. What happens when two species from different climates interbreed?

(see the answer key)

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