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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who created the tangled bank theory?
(a) Graham Bell.
(b) Leigh Van Valen.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Richard Dawkins.

2. What kind of study does evolution become?
(a) Competition between friends.
(b) How organisms become better over generations.
(c) A slow process.
(d) Functions of bodies and organisims as gene vehicles.

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

4. Who has solutions concerning genetics?
(a) Molecular biologists and geneticists.
(b) Geneticists.
(c) Doctors and scientists.
(d) Scientists.

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

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. Are sexually reproducing organisms able to compete with asexually reproducing organisms?

3. Sexual reproduction benefits _____________.

4. What is the Vicar of Bray hypothesis?

5. Due to the ________________, traits that increase reproductive successes will spread and those that do not will expire.

(see the answer key)

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