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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 other field of science can natural selection be compared to?
(a) Biology.
(b) Geology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Psychology.

2. What is one unique characteristic of the European cuckoo?
(a) Lays eggs in other birds' nests.
(b) Buries eggs.
(c) Eats eggs.
(d) Cares for other birds' eggs.

3. What types of species forms are NOT found in nature?
(a) Transitional.
(b) Natural.
(c) Competitve.
(d) Collaborative.

4. What separates marine life near the equator and South America that causes vast differences in species?
(a) Atlantic Ocean.
(b) Peru.
(c) Small strip of Panama.
(d) Fresh water rivers.

5. In what type of species are variations of the eye found?
(a) Crustaceans.
(b) Birds.
(c) Humans.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. With respect to breeders, what leads to the development of different varieties of species when breeding?

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

3. What type of populations experience more variations?

4. What term refers to those organisms that survive despite the struggle for resources?

5. What geological process destroys fossils?

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