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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. Which of the following refers to ways by which an organism could spread to a new area that would NOT typically occur naturally?

2. What type of organisms will not fossilize?

3. If the pistils of a flower are very long, what type of reproduction limitation may this result in?

4. When are fossils typically preserved?

5. What is correlated with a difference in creatures that inhabit a region?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How can naturalists determine if land masses were once connected?

4. Why can't similarities in organ structure of different species be explained as being created individually?

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

6. How does the age of the earth play into natural selection?

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

8. Why do rudimentary organs pose a problem for theorists that species were created independently?

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

10. What does Darwin suggest about the fossil records of trilobites?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Darwin suggests that when the information in this book is combined, it supports his theory. Do you agree? Use examples and theories from the book to demonstrate how combining his theory and the opposition offers support for the theory itself.

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

Natural selection cannot explain all variations and occurrences of nature. Explore the notion that variations in nature may be caused by both change and natural selection. Do you think this is truly a possibility? Explain your answer.

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