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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 naturalists understand will never happen to most organisms?
(a) Selection.
(b) Fossilization.
(c) Extinction.
(d) Evolution.

2. Concerning the difficulty of defining species, sub-species, and variations, what does Darwin suggest about differences?
(a) They are arbitrary.
(b) Will depend on the species.
(c) Will depend on the climate.
(d) There are no differences.

3. What do naturalists call a situation where a child takes on characteristics NOT shared by the parents?
(a) Extroverted.
(b) Introverted.
(c) Reverted.
(d) Adopted.

4. What type of selection primarily affects the reproductive characteristics of a species?
(a) Environmental selection.
(b) Sexual selection.
(c) Artificial selection.
(d) Natural selection.

5. Which of the following is a radical change in the structure or behavior of an organism?
(a) Growth.
(b) Monstrosities.
(c) Extinction.
(d) Increased illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one unique characteristic of the European cuckoo?

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

3. When the same species live in regions separated by large bodies of water, what is the rationale for their existence?

4. What does Darwin suggest that natural selection cannot do independently?

5. What is the difference between the two types of variations discussed in Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication?

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