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

2. How far are the Galapagos Islands from South America?
(a) 200 miles.
(b) 500 miles.
(c) 300 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

3. What behaviors have been lost through the domestication of cats and dogs?
(a) Eating chickens.
(b) Breeding.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Barking/meowing.

4. What does Darwin suggest about acquired traits in parents?
(a) They cannot be selected for.
(b) They can be passed to offspring.
(c) They do not last a lifetime.
(d) They cannot be passed on.

5. Why do scientists believe fossils do not exist at the bottom of the ocean?
(a) No species that far down.
(b) Fossils are only found on land.
(c) Too much pressure.
(d) They cannot get to the bottom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do scientists explain the presence of the same species in different locations?

2. What period in time can explain many migrations due to climate change?

3. What species of bee builds the most efficient hives?

4. What type of species do many islands lack?

5. What is one unique characteristic of the European cuckoo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a possible explanation for why species migrated from one region to the next?

2. What is the key explanation for species living in different regions?

3. How does less competition affect natural selection?

4. Describe the process of egg-laying of the European cuckoo.

5. What are three facts that can be explained by natural selection as discussed in Chapter 11?

6. How does natural selection explain the lack of links between generations?

7. Why does Darwin use a fish and a reptile as comparisons?

8. Why can't climate account for differences in organisms from one region to the next?

9. What are some general rules governing whether or not two species can produce fertile offspring?

10. What undermines the belief that the infertility of species, when crossed, is the result of Divine institution?

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