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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is instinct NOT well-defined?
(a) It is elusive.
(b) It covers too many behaviors.
(c) No one can agree on a definition for instinct.
(d) They change rapidly.

2. What do naturalists say about the situation of hybrids resembling their parents?
(a) Natural selection can explain this resemblance.
(b) There is no explanation.
(c) Natural selection cannot explain this resemblance.
(d) Artificial selection explains this.

3. What happens to the offspring when two of the same distinct species interbreed?
(a) Eaten by parents.
(b) Migrate after birth.
(c) Fertile.
(d) Sterile.

4. What types of species forms are NOT found in nature?
(a) Competitve.
(b) Natural.
(c) Transitional.
(d) Collaborative.

5. What species of bees builds inefficient hives?
(a) Yellow jackets.
(b) Hive-bees.
(c) Honeybees.
(d) Bumblebees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of organisms will not fossilize?

2. In what type of species are variations of the eye found?

3. What happens to a species if their traits and characteristics are not passed down to the next generation?

4. Why are some useless organs sill found in animals?

5. What is unique about variation in polymorphic species?

(see the answer key)

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