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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. Which of the following refers to offspring with parents from two different species?
(a) Mongrel.
(b) Inbreed.
(c) Normal.
(d) Hybrid.

2. What type of fossils may survive damaging geological changes?
(a) Small and thin.
(b) Large and thin.
(c) Small and thick.
(d) Large and thick.

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

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

5. Which of the following occurs when one type of variation causes variation in another part of an organism?
(a) Normal variation.
(b) Misallocation of variation.
(c) Correlation of growth.
(d) Mulitvariation.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Darwin suggest transitional forms should be found?

4. Where is much of the evidence proving natural selection found?

5. What happens to life forms that do NOT adapt?

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