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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. Which species require more years for change?
(a) Fast breeders.
(b) Inter-breeders.
(c) Slow breeders.
(d) Sterile species.

2. What are varieties domestically bred for?
(a) Fertility.
(b) Sport.
(c) Size.
(d) Food.

3. What does Darwin suggest about acquired traits in parents?
(a) They do not last a lifetime.
(b) They can be passed to offspring.
(c) They cannot be passed on.
(d) They cannot be selected for.

4. What will variation in an organism do for that organism?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Help it survive.
(c) Expand its migration.
(d) Put it at risk.

5. Why might a hybrid species NOT survive birth?
(a) It is half-related to the mother and has difficulty surviving in the womb.
(b) Physical deformities.
(c) Poor respiration.
(d) Natural selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one individual that Darwin mentions as helping him in every way prior to the publication of The Origin of Species?

2. What can some amount of variation be attributed to?

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

4. What may occur if one organism changes dramatically over time?

5. Why would one organism be able to survive in a climate that another could not?

(see the answer key)

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