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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 would increase the likelihood of variations occurring in a given population?
(a) Increase in available food.
(b) Domestication.
(c) Fewer members of the species to compete with.
(d) Dramatic environmental changes.

2. What is the struggle for existence caused by?
(a) Quick reproduction.
(b) Natural selection.
(c) Too many species.
(d) Little food sources.

3. What type of species are most likely to inter-breed?
(a) Wild species.
(b) Polymorphic organisms.
(c) Domesticated organisms.
(d) Mammals.

4. What do scientists attribute to organs that cannot be explained by natural selection?
(a) Disuse.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Overuse.
(d) Use.

5. What is unique about white cats with blue eyes?
(a) They do not reproduce.
(b) They are blind.
(c) They are deaf.
(d) They are not seen in the wild.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of relationship do organisms have with one another?

2. What is required for a species to continue to grow?

3. When are fossils typically preserved?

4. When the same species are found in distant geographic regions, how is this explained?

5. Which of the following refers to ways by which an organism could spread to a new area that would NOT typically occur naturally?

(see the answer key)

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