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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: Recapitulation and Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one river that Darwin gives as an example of one that has dramatically changed over the years?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Nile.
(d) Rhine.

3. How might one explain the correlation of growth?
(a) Natural selection's way to economize.
(b) Complication in selection.
(c) Natural selection changes the whole, not just a part.
(d) A natural mistake.

4. Why does migration inhibit the development of a fossil record?
(a) Predators ruin the fossils.
(b) They do not inhibit the record.
(c) Because they take time to develop.
(d) They become buried deeper in the earth.

5. As an example of a variation, what does Darwin indicate in Chapter 1 that is a change due to improved diet?
(a) Higher intelligence.
(b) Lower intelligence.
(c) Decreased size.
(d) Increased size.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the practice of purposeful selection seen throughout history?

2. How do breeders know if the traits they breed into cows are useful?

3. What is one way to observe the change in a species in a controlled environment?

4. How do organisms differ within classifications?

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

(see the answer key)

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