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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: Geographical Distribution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Darwin use as an example of an intermediate form of a full-land and full-flying animal?
(a) Flying squirrel.
(b) Penguin.
(c) Spider monkey.
(d) Bat.

2. In Chapter 8, according to Darwin's example, what domesticated variety is NOT able to reproduce?
(a) Mongrel.
(b) Maize.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Ants.

3. Which term refers to a type of variation that is seen in most or all groups of organisms?
(a) Organism variation.
(b) Species variation.
(c) Definite variation.
(d) Indefinite variation.

4. What term refers to exactly how species change over time?
(a) Laws of variation.
(b) Darwin's Law.
(c) Laws of heredity.
(d) Laws of change.

5. What may stop a group of carnivorous wolves from growing?
(a) The group decreases in numbers.
(b) Migration changes.
(c) Climate change.
(d) The group becomes too large.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of species are most likely to inter-breed?

2. What would increase the likelihood of variations occurring in a given population?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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