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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other field of science can natural selection be compared to?
(a) Biology.
(b) Physics.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Geology.

2. What do naturalists connect with species that have two or three variations?
(a) Past generations.
(b) Future generations.
(c) Fossil records.
(d) Intermediate generations.

3. What may stop a group of carnivorous wolves from growing?
(a) Migration changes.
(b) Climate change.
(c) The group decreases in numbers.
(d) The group becomes too large.

4. What do species survive to do?
(a) Increase the population.
(b) Migrate.
(c) Eat.
(d) Survive.

5. What is one reason that some species' traits are different from other species?
(a) Inheritance.
(b) Natural selection.
(c) Climate.
(d) Habitat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between the two types of variations discussed in Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication?

2. What do some scientists say is the reason that cultivated plants do not produce seeds?

3. What type of relationship do organisms have with one another?

4. What is likely to NOT affect variations that are consistent among individuals?

5. Why does the point of possible starvation for animals occur sooner than for humans?

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