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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 do scientists find throughout the fossil record?
(a) Life.
(b) New species.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Flaws in nature.

2. What is one consequence of natural selection?
(a) Change must benefit the species.
(b) Change must be small.
(c) Change cannot involve other organs.
(d) Change must benefit the environment.

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

4. When the same species live in regions separated by large bodies of water, what is the rationale for their existence?
(a) There is no rationale.
(b) Human transport.
(c) The species swam at one point.
(d) The regions were connected at one point.

5. Organisms in which regions experience less competition?
(a) Mountain ranges.
(b) Polar ice caps.
(c) Deserts.
(d) Small islands.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are fossils typically preserved?

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

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

4. What is correlated with a difference in creatures that inhabit a region?

5. What does Darwin suggest about acquired traits in parents?

(see the answer key)

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