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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What accounts for far more deaths than other predators or environmental occurrences?
(a) Death and destruction.
(b) Killing ones own organisms.
(c) Accidents.
(d) Parasites and diseases.

2. What is the primary part in sexual reproduction?
(a) Combining and outcrossing genes.
(b) Outcrossing genes.
(c) Killing genes that are not yours.
(d) Combining all genes.

3. What is sexual selection?
(a) Selection based on the strength of a mate.
(b) Selection based on the appeal of a potential mate.
(c) Irrational mating between humans.
(d) Random mating between humans.

4. Who developed the Red Queen theory?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Leigh Van Valen.
(c) Graham Bell.
(d) Richard Dawkins.

5. In 1970, __________ argued that the individual is merely a container for genes.
(a) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(b) Richard Dawkins.
(c) Russel Wallace.
(d) Charles Darwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ever since _____________ in the late 19th century, scientists have understood that all life forms are a product of biological evolution.

2. Organisms that reproduce sexually will pass immunity or defenses down to whom?

3. Why does this organism present a mystery to the question of reproduction?

4. What does sex do to the genome of humans and other organisms?

5. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.

(see the answer key)

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