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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 do scientists attribute to organs that cannot be explained by natural selection?
(a) Overuse.
(b) Use.
(c) Disuse.
(d) Inheritance.

2. Which species require more years for change?
(a) Sterile species.
(b) Slow breeders.
(c) Inter-breeders.
(d) Fast breeders.

3. What geological process destroys fossils?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Erosion.
(d) Flood.

4. What type of work is presented in The Origin of Species?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Metaphysical.
(c) Chemical.
(d) Biological.

5. What type of relationship do organisms have with one another?
(a) Competitive.
(b) Cooperative.
(c) Environmental.
(d) Genetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to change from one generation to the next?

2. How is the American cuckoo different from the European cuckoo?

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

4. What may stop a group of carnivorous wolves from growing?

5. What species of bees builds inefficient hives?

(see the answer key)

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