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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What species type is known for a lot of variation between individuals?
(a) Polymorphic.
(b) Trapamorphic.
(c) Bimorphic.
(d) Trimorphic.

2. Which of the following is a radical change in the structure or behavior of an organism?
(a) Extinction.
(b) Monstrosities.
(c) Increased illness.
(d) Growth.

3. What does the absence of complete facts with Darwin's theory open the theory up to?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Success.
(c) Objections.
(d) Failure.

4. What can be said about the range of species that are closely related?
(a) They are restricted.
(b) They are unrestricted.
(c) They are typically very small.
(d) They are typically large.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about white cats with blue eyes?

2. Which of the following tends to live over larger areas?

3. What type of selection primarily affects the reproductive characteristics of a species?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Darwin propose a theory that goes against long-held popular belief?

2. How does the growth of a population work?

3. Why are the laws of inheritance still not understood?

4. What must be examined in order for Darwin's theory to be considered plausible?

5. Why isn't it safe to assume that regions that are physically connected in the present day were connected in the past?

6. What is the importance of indefinite variations?

7. What can't all examples for disused organs be attributed to correlational growth?

8. Why would natural selection be considered counter-intuitive?

9. Regarding Darwin's example of the pigeon in Chapter 1, why is the pigeon easily determined to be descended from a single species?

10. Why is natural selection much broader than domestic selection by humans?

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