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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 do Naturalists suggest is one definite distinction between a species and a variety?
(a) Life span.
(b) Geographical range.
(c) Domestication.
(d) Size of groups.

2. What was the basis of classification in ancient times?
(a) External similarities.
(b) Climate tolerance similarities.
(c) Internal similarities.
(d) Geographical similarities.

3. What is the fate of traits that are neither helpful nor unhelpful for survival?
(a) The are bred out of the species.
(b) They are subject to artificial selection.
(c) They are subject to natural selection.
(d) They are not subject to natural selection.

4. What results as a climate becomes more hostile?
(a) Better cooperation between species.
(b) Less food.
(c) More competition.
(d) Fewer species.

5. What is one variation found in birds that migrate?
(a) Timing of migration.
(b) Duration of migration.
(c) Location of migration.
(d) Distance of migration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darwin suggest about variations of species in terms of examining the fossil records?

2. What typically happens to a species that begins to vary and forms two distinct species?

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

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

5. In Chapter 14: Recapitulation and Conclusion, Darwin notes some objections to natural selection. What does he suggest is too complex for this process?

(see the answer key)

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