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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. Who is one individual that Darwin mentions as helping him in every way prior to the publication of The Origin of Species?
(a) Edward Forbes.
(b) Dr. Lovette.
(c) Rev. W. Horbert.
(d) Dr. Hooker.

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

3. Who believed that humans would fall into starvation because they could not meet the needs of the population?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Newton.
(c) Maltus.
(d) Hooker.

4. What behaviors have been lost through the domestication of cats and dogs?
(a) Barking/meowing.
(b) Eating chickens.
(c) Breeding.
(d) Fighting.

5. What aspect of organisms is not caused by chance?
(a) Location.
(b) Gender.
(c) Size.
(d) Variation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do naturalists call a situation where a child takes on characteristics NOT shared by the parents?

2. What does Darwin say will happen to species that do not adapt?

3. What results as a climate becomes more hostile?

4. What type of fossils may survive damaging geological changes?

5. In Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication, what animal does Darwin give as an example for being perfectly adapted for catching its food?

(see the answer key)

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