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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. If natural selection is accepted, what is rejected?
2. Why are the same species of freshwater fish typically NOT found in different countries?
3. What happens to the offspring when two of the same distinct species interbreed?
4. What does Darwin suggest that freshwater fish could develop through selection?
5. In what type of species has perfect fertility of variations been demonstrated?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the key explanation for species living in different regions?
2. Why is adaptation necessary?
3. How do physical barriers correlate with differences in creatures that inhabit a region?
4. How can the phenomenon of ancient species resembling current living groups be explained?
5. What are three facts that can be explained by natural selection as discussed in Chapter 11?
6. How can the inheritance of traits be seen in domesticated dogs?
7. What is a possible explanation for why species migrated from one region to the next?
8. What undermines the belief that the infertility of species, when crossed, is the result of Divine institution?
9. How are fossils classified?
10. What is a cause for infertility as discussed in Chapter 8: Hybridism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Variations are, according to Darwin, naturally selected for because of their use to the species. How are variations passed on from one generation to the next? What types of trait variations have occurred that have improved survival of a species?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Darwin discusses different types of selection. What is affected by sexual selection, and why is this type of selection so important to maintaining a species?
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