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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. How do organisms differ within classifications?

2. What separates marine life near the equator and South America that causes vast differences in species?

3. What behaviors have been lost through the domestication of cats and dogs?

4. What animal that is alive today could be considered an intermediate species of a mammal and the mastodon?

5. Why does migration inhibit the development of a fossil record?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one cause of a landmass changing the geological record?

3. How can the inheritance of traits be seen in domesticated dogs?

4. How can the phenomenon of ancient species resembling current living groups be explained?

5. How does less competition affect natural selection?

6. How do physical barriers correlate with differences in creatures that inhabit a region?

7. Why is adaptation necessary?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Darwin understands that his research methods are inadequate for the extent of his theory. Why do you think he admits this flaw, and how does Darwin propose to overcome flaws in his research?

Essay Topic 2

Darwin suggests both that species can adapt to new environments and that when a species is brought into a new environment, it does not prosper. How can this contradiction be explained? Is it possible that each statement may be true for some organisms and not others? Provide examples and an explanation for 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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