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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In sexual reproduction, what does the larger egg cell have that the smaller sperm cell does not?
(a) More food reserves for the future embryo.
(b) The ability to protect itself from other cells.
(c) The ability to move around to more beneficial environments.
(d) A complete set of DNA.

2. What does the Watt Governor machine appear to do?
(a) Talk.
(b) Scream.
(c) Cry.
(d) Think.

3. What does Wynne-Edwards believe about birth rates?
(a) Species might regulate birth rates for individuals.
(b) Birth rates are controlled by a combination of species and individual needs.
(c) Birth rates will always increase unless environmental factors intervene.
(d) Individuals might purposefully reduce birth rates for the good of the species.

4. What does Dawkins say points to the idea that all living things come from the same types of early molecules?
(a) All life forms have basic cell structures.
(b) All life forms are based on carbon.
(c) All life forms are made from DNA molecules.
(d) All life forms have similar pH balances.

5. What does Dawkins compare point mutation to?
(a) A stray mark on a photocopy.
(b) A card getting shuffled into the wrong deck.
(c) A misspoken word.
(d) A misprint on a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in inversion?

2. What does Dawkins cite Medawar's study to help explain?

3. Which cells in an organism contain the creature's DNA?

4. What does Dawkins describe life forms as?

5. In Dawkins' discussion, why don't baby birds continue to scream louder and louder?

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