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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. On what ship did Darwin ride while writing The Origin of Species?
2. What does Darwin say will happen to species that do not adapt?
3. What do scientists attribute to organs that cannot be explained by natural selection?
4. What do naturalists call a situation where a child takes on characteristics NOT shared by the parents?
5. How is the practice of purposeful selection seen throughout history?
Short Essay Questions
1. What can't all examples for disused organs be attributed to correlational growth?
2. Why is the eye used as an example of an organ too complex to be explained by natural selection?
3. What was Darwin's specific interest in the living species?
4. Why does Darwin feel the distinction between species variations is arbitrary?
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 would, on some islands, nature select for beetles that do not fly?
8. What occurs in situations where a species is moved from one climate to another?
9. What is the difference between domesticated and wild animals, according to Darwin?
10. Regarding Darwin's example of the pigeon in Chapter 1, why is the pigeon easily determined to be descended from a single species?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Darwin discusses the struggle for existence in terms of pray and predators. How does this theory play into species with no predators? Are there truly any species with no predators? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Accidental means of dispersal is one type of migration. Do you think this is an affective means of migration? When this occurs, do you think a species will need to adapt, or could they remain the same? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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