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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which plant has dominated Daphne Major since the flood?

2. In chapter 15, Weiner discusses the growth of which microbe in a Petri dish?

3. What animal does the Hawaiian Drosophila Project study?

4. On which island do humans not normally live?

5. How many times has the environment changed as rapidly as in the 20th century?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lewontin and Birch discover about the Dacus tryoni?

2. Summarize Weiner's hypothesis on the physical aspect of human consciousness.

3. Explain how bacteria build up resistance to antibiotics.

4. Describe the act of "speciation" in the haw flies.

5. Why do plants hybridize rather readily?

6. Choose one example from the text regarding how humans affect other species, and explain it.

7. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

8. Describe how Biston betularia changed color and why it is changing back.

9. Describe Dolph Schluter's experiment in British Columbia.

10. Explain the humor that the Grants find in the painting Science Is Measurement.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of journey as it is presented throughout the book, culminating with its appearance in the epilogue.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Grants' tools on Daphne Major and at Princeton.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of the importance of tiny measurements, including examples from the text in your explication.

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