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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the practice of purposeful selection seen throughout history?
(a) No change in species.
(b) Written records.
(c) Natural change in species.
(d) Relics from ancient civilizations.

2. What term refers to exactly how species change over time?
(a) Laws of heredity.
(b) Laws of change.
(c) Darwin's Law.
(d) Laws of variation.

3. What type of populations may be more likely to become extinct?
(a) Medium populations.
(b) Large populations.
(c) Diverse populations.
(d) Small populations.

4. Which of the following tends to live over larger areas?
(a) Mammals.
(b) Variations.
(c) Species.
(d) Subspecies.

5. What is one reason that some species' traits are different from other species?
(a) Climate.
(b) Habitat.
(c) Natural selection.
(d) Inheritance.

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

7. What other actions do birds use their wings for?
(a) Mating.
(b) Running.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Cleaning.

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

9. Which term refers to a type of variation that is seen in most or all groups of organisms?
(a) Organism variation.
(b) Indefinite variation.
(c) Definite variation.
(d) Species variation.

10. 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 not subject to natural selection.
(c) They are subject to artificial selection.
(d) They are subject to natural selection.

11. Which term refers to organisms with no distinct gender?
(a) Hermaphrodite.
(b) Neutral.
(c) Single cell.
(d) Polymorphic.

12. What type of populations experience more variations?
(a) Diverse populations.
(b) Small populations.
(c) Large populations.
(d) Medium populations.

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

14. Why do domestic ducks have lighter wings and heavier feet then wild ducks?
(a) Domestic ducks walk less.
(b) This is a false statement.
(c) Domestic ducks walk more.
(d) Different species.

15. What happens to a species if their traits and characteristics are not passed down to the next generation?
(a) They will become unique species.
(b) They will become extinct.
(c) They will change.
(d) They will grow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would increase the likelihood of variations occurring in a given population?

2. What is one function that cave dwelling animals lost through natural selection?

3. Which of the following refers to a scientist who studies living creatures?

4. What does the absence of complete facts with Darwin's theory open the theory up to?

5. What can be said about the range of species that are closely related?

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