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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: Geographical Distribution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of species do many islands lack?
(a) Mammals.
(b) Birds.
(c) Amphibians.
(d) Crustaceans.

2. What type of relationship do organisms have with one another?
(a) Competitive.
(b) Environmental.
(c) Genetic.
(d) Cooperative.

3. What results as a climate becomes more hostile?
(a) Better cooperation between species.
(b) Less food.
(c) More competition.
(d) Fewer species.

4. What do some geologists suggest about islands in the Atlantic and the continent of Europe?
(a) They have the same species.
(b) They have the same climate.
(c) The species are completely different from one another.
(d) They were once connected.

5. What insect does Darwin offer as an example of having a naturally selected trait that is NOT beneficial?
(a) Aphid.
(b) Bee.
(c) Fly.
(d) Spider.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the process of species growth suggest about species that are transported into foreign regions?

2. What is NOT sufficient to account for differences in organisms in different regions?

3. In extreme environments, what are species in competition with?

4. Which of the following refers to ways by which an organism could spread to a new area that would NOT typically occur naturally?

5. What may stop a group of carnivorous wolves from growing?

(see the answer key)

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