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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Darwin suggest transitional forms should be found?
(a) Regions near mountains.
(b) In all regions.
(c) Regions near water.
(d) In fossil records.

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

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

4. What typically happens to a species that begins to vary and forms two distinct species?
(a) They will require more resources.
(b) One of the species will become extinct.
(c) They will be classified as sub-species.
(d) They will inhabit more area.

5. In Chapter 4: Natural Selection, what does Darwin suggest about most variations?
(a) They are not helpful for survival.
(b) They lead to species regeneration.
(c) They are caused by domestication.
(d) They are helpful for survival.

6. What is unique about variation in polymorphic species?
(a) All invertibrates.
(b) Dependent on external factors.
(c) Not dependent on external factors.
(d) Not dependent on internal factors.

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

8. What types of species forms are NOT found in nature?
(a) Competitve.
(b) Natural.
(c) Transitional.
(d) Collaborative.

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

10. What does natural selection say must be true for change to be preserved?
(a) It must be unique.
(b) It must be beneficial to the species.
(c) It must be genetic.
(d) It must be universal.

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

12. What animal does Darwin use as an example of an intermediate form of a full-land and full-flying animal?
(a) Flying squirrel.
(b) Bat.
(c) Spider monkey.
(d) Penguin.

13. 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.

14. Why would one organism be able to survive in a climate that another could not?
(a) It is better adapted.
(b) It is maladapted.
(c) It has thicker skin.
(d) It has more fur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of species are variations of the eye found?

2. What tends to occur in large groups of genera?

3. What would a variety do in order to become a new species?

4. As an example of a variation, what does Darwin indicate in Chapter 1 that is a change due to improved diet?

5. Why are some useless organs sill found in animals?

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