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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would a variety do in order to become a new species?
(a) Exceed in numbers from the parent species.
(b) Reduce in numbers.
(c) Migrate.
(d) Inter-breed.

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

3. With respect to breeders, what leads to the development of different varieties of species when breeding?
(a) Purposeful selection.
(b) Accidental selection.
(c) Genetic selection.
(d) Natural selection.

4. What does the process of species growth suggest about species that are transported into foreign regions?
(a) They prosper.
(b) They stay stagnant.
(c) They inter-breed.
(d) They do not prosper.

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

6. What is one function that cave dwelling animals lost through natural selection?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Touch.
(c) Taste.
(d) Sight.

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

8. What is required for a species to continue to grow?
(a) Food supply.
(b) Other species.
(c) Land.
(d) Strong males.

9. What does natural selection say about the most distinct characteristic of a species?
(a) The change is seen in ancestors.
(b) It will be the largest change.
(c) It will be the smallest change.
(d) It is the most recently changed.

10. When is the only time a rational conclusion can be reached on a theory?
(a) When both sides have been considered.
(b) After a committee discussion and agreement.
(c) When one side comes up with more proof.
(d) You can never draw a conclusion in science.

11. What does natural selection favor in terms of increasing population?
(a) Traits that lead to reproduction.
(b) Traits that lead to sterility.
(c) Traits that lead to strength.
(d) Traits that do not lead to reproduction.

12. What typically happens when varieties are inter-breed?
(a) Offspring are weaker.
(b) Variations increase.
(c) Variations die out.
(d) Offspring are stronger.

13. How might one explain the correlation of growth?
(a) A natural mistake.
(b) Complication in selection.
(c) Natural selection changes the whole, not just a part.
(d) Natural selection's way to economize.

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

15. What other field of science can natural selection be compared to?
(a) Geology.
(b) Physics.
(c) Biology.
(d) Psychology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary cause for the struggle for survival between species?

2. Why does the point of possible starvation for animals occur sooner than for humans?

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

4. What is one reason that some species' traits are different from other species?

5. On what ship did Darwin ride while writing The Origin of Species?

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