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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between the two types of variations discussed in Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication?

2. What typically happens to a species that begins to vary and forms two distinct species?

3. What term refers to exactly how species change over time?

4. What types of species forms are NOT found in nature?

5. What would a variety do in order to become a new species?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between domesticated and wild animals, according to Darwin?

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

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

4. What is the importance of indefinite variations?

5. Why is a flying mammal such as a bat difficult to explain through natural selection?

6. How does the growth of a population work?

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

8. How do variations occur in the wild?

9. What occurs in situations where a species is moved from one climate to another?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Darwin gives a number of examples as proof of natural selection. Is there any one example of a situation that provides the strongest amount of proof? If so, what is it and how does it provide this proof? If not, why do you think this proof is unavailable?

Essay Topic 2

Darwin uses the scientific method. How does he study nature and species using this method, and what is the significance of this method?

Essay Topic 3

How would a dramatic climate change affect a species? Consider the affect of the climate becoming (a) colder and (b) warmer. Use Darwin's arguments and explanations for this essay, provide examples of how each type of change would affect a species.

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