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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. As an example of a variation, what does Darwin indicate in Chapter 1 that is a change due to improved diet?
(a) Lower intelligence.
(b) Increased size.
(c) Decreased size.
(d) Higher intelligence.

2. What may stop a group of carnivorous wolves from growing?
(a) The group decreases in numbers.
(b) Climate change.
(c) Migration changes.
(d) The group becomes too large.

3. In Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication, what animal does Darwin give as an example for being perfectly adapted for catching its food?
(a) Woodpecker.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Bull.
(d) Beaver.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What results as a climate becomes more hostile?

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

4. What classification has a large number of species?

5. Which species require more years for change?

Short Essay Questions

1. What factors contribute to the slowdown in reproduction in a species?

2. Why are polymorphic species considered an extreme illustration of variation?

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

4. Why does Darwin suggest his methods of study are inadequate?

5. What is the importance of indefinite variations?

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

7. What was Darwin's specific interest in the living species?

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

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

10. How can the geology of mountains and valleys be related to natural selection?

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