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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the continuous arms race that occurs between organisms?
(a) Once an advantage is gained, the loser will adapt to negate the advantage.
(b) People will try to kill one another so that their genes may carry on.
(c) No one can catch up.
(d) World War II.

2. Through sexual reproduction, what are offspring dealt?
(a) A different bag of genes from their parents.
(b) Genes too similar to their parents.
(c) Weak genes.
(d) Weak and strong genes.

3. In Chapter 4, what story of tragedy does the author tell?
(a) The kangeroo story.
(b) The story of the gazelle.
(c) The story of the fisherman.
(d) The story of the salesman.

4. What can a psychiatrist expect to find in all people?
(a) Psychopathic behavior.
(b) No similarities in emotions.
(c) Similar emotions and behaviors.
(d) Extreme emotions and rational behaviors.

5. What is the tangled bank theory?
(a) Sexual reproduction is the riskiest way for humans to reproduce.
(b) It is more advantageous for humans to asexually produce.
(c) Different organisms in an environment saturated with similar organisms have a greater likelihood of survival.
(d) Sexual reproduction allows for a smaller number of very exceptional offspring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Are individuals involved in evolution aware of the choices they are making?

2. Pre- Darwinian thinkers such as _____________ believed that evolution was a process of individual adaptations that were later passed down to ancestors.

3. How do organisms compete during evolution?

4. Instead of scientists concentrating on why humans are the way they are, they should concentrate on _________.

5. What is the primary purpose of sexual reproduction that is very beneficial for all offspring?

(see the answer key)

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