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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do some scientists demonstrate the differences between species and variations?
(a) Through hybrids.
(b) Fossil records.
(c) Natural breeding.
(d) Scientific method.

2. What do large shifts in geology promote in species?
(a) Development of new species.
(b) Development of new variations.
(c) Increased migration.
(d) Development of new genera.

3. In Chapter 8, according to Darwin's example, what domesticated variety is NOT able to reproduce?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Mongrel.
(c) Maize.
(d) Ants.

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

5. What is one of the most serious objections to natural selection?
(a) Age of Earth.
(b) Religious objections.
(c) Darwin's credibility.
(d) Lack of links between species.

6. What do species found on islands do for the theory of natural selection?
(a) Increase classifications.
(b) Increase its complexity.
(c) Support it.
(d) Refute it.

7. What do scientists find throughout the fossil record?
(a) Life.
(b) New species.
(c) Flaws in nature.
(d) Evolution.

8. What do naturalists understand will never happen to most organisms?
(a) Extinction.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Fossilization.
(d) Selection.

9. If natural selection is accepted, what is rejected?
(a) There is only artificial selection.
(b) Species were created independently.
(c) Variations must be subjective.
(d) All differences must be different species.

10. In ancient times, why were whales classified as fish?
(a) They needed oxygen.
(b) They had gills.
(c) They swam.
(d) They lived in the same environment.

11. What type of species do many islands lack?
(a) Mammals.
(b) Amphibians.
(c) Birds.
(d) Crustaceans.

12. If the pistils of a flower are very long, what type of reproduction limitation may this result in?
(a) Physical.
(b) Chemical.
(c) Hormonal.
(d) Climate.

13. To what degree do hybrids resemble one parent?
(a) Moderate degrees.
(b) No resemblance.
(c) Small degrees.
(d) Extreme degrees.

14. What species of bees builds inefficient hives?
(a) Bumblebees.
(b) Honeybees.
(c) Hive-bees.
(d) Yellow jackets.

15. What can be said about organisms belonging to the same species?
(a) They will produce the same type of variations.
(b) They originated from the same location.
(c) They will change at the same rate.
(d) They have similar habits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fossils may survive damaging geological changes?

2. Where might a species who are adapted to warm climates migrate to as the climate becomes colder?

3. What does Darwin suggest that natural selection cannot do independently?

4. What does the fossil record show about new species?

5. Why are the same species of freshwater fish typically NOT found in different countries?

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