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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do scientists want to discover about genetic mixing?
(a) How to make genetic mixing more reliable.
(b) Why genetic mixing is better than cloning oneself.
(c) Why cloning is more successful than genetic mixing.
(d) How to make genetic mixing affordable.

2. Sexual reproduction is ___________ to keep the parasites and diseases off guard by creating new variations through each generation.
(a) An inefficient means.
(b) Not able.
(c) An attempt.
(d) Not an easy way.

3. What is the chief competitor to the tangled bank theory and lottery theory?
(a) The Blue Book Theory.
(b) The Red Queen Theory.
(c) The King's Theory.
(d) The tangled bank and lottery theory have no competition.

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

5. What is the male to female ratio?
(a) 1:3.
(b) 1:1.
(c) 2:1.
(d) 1:2.

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. What is the Vicar of Bray hypothesis?

3. Through sexual reproduction, what are offspring dealt?

4. What are out law genes?

5. Why is asexual reproduction a less risky option for an organism?

(see the answer key)

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