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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Geographical Distribution continued, what does Darwin suggest about the rule of natural selection?
(a) It does not apply to all species.
(b) There is a common ancestor.
(c) It is different on islands.
(d) It applies to all species.

2. How do breeders know if the traits they breed into cows are useful?
(a) They appear prior to birth.
(b) They appear in adulthood.
(c) They appear in late childhood.
(d) They appear at birth.

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

4. What happens to life forms that do NOT adapt?
(a) They become predators.
(b) They are prey.
(c) They become extinct.
(d) Nothing.

5. In Chapter 8, according to Darwin's example, what domesticated variety is NOT able to reproduce?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Ants.
(c) Maize.
(d) Mongrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point is it necessary for animals to display traits that distinguish them from other organisms?

2. What do large shifts in geology promote in species?

3. What may occur if one organism changes dramatically over time?

4. What geological process destroys fossils?

5. What type of organisms will not fossilize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't climate account for differences in organisms from one region to the next?

2. What is one cause of a landmass changing the geological record?

3. What does Darwin suggest about the milking behaviors of ants on some insects?

4. How do physical barriers correlate with differences in creatures that inhabit a region?

5. Why do scientists have difficulty determining the effects of two distinct species breeding?

6. How does natural selection explain relationships among creatures?

7. How does Darwin explain how the same genus of species are found in different geographical regions?

8. What is a possible explanation for why species migrated from one region to the next?

9. How can naturalists determine if land masses were once connected?

10. How does Darwin explain similarities in embryos?

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