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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is asexual reproduction a less risky option for an organism?
(a) It is not less risky.
(b) There will be no one competing.
(c) All the clones will be healthy.
(d) There is no seeking out mates or the risk of being rejected.

2. Organisms that reproduce sexually will pass immunity or defenses down to whom?
(a) Their descendants.
(b) No one.
(c) Their spouses.
(d) Their friends.

3. Are individuals involved in evolution aware of the choices they are making?
(a) Never.
(b) Always.
(c) Ten per cent of the time.
(d) Fifty per cent of the time.

4. How does evolution work?
(a) Very slowly, over thousands of years.
(b) Different adaptations of an individual which give a reproductive edge.
(c) Without competition between organisms.
(d) Change is continuous.

5. Natural selection is a prerequisite of __________.
(a) Sexual selection.
(b) Survival success.
(c) Evolution's success.
(d) Natural selection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have mound building skills become?

2. What genders are not always needed?

3. At the end of Chapter 3, what does the author say will be explored in the next chapter?

4. What is the chief competitor to the tangled bank theory and lottery theory?

5. Why is the Vicar of Bray theory flawed?

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