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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. What can some amount of variation be attributed to?
2. What other field of science can natural selection be compared to?
3. Why does the point of possible starvation for animals occur sooner than for humans?
4. What does natural selection say must be true for change to be preserved?
5. Which of the following tends to live over larger areas?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Darwin suggest his methods of study are inadequate?
2. Why are polymorphic species considered an extreme illustration of variation?
3. What must be examined in order for Darwin's theory to be considered plausible?
4. Why is the eye used as an example of an organ too complex to be explained by natural selection?
5. What is the difference between domesticated and wild animals, according to Darwin?
6. Why isn't it safe to assume that regions that are physically connected in the present day were connected in the past?
7. What can't all examples for disused organs be attributed to correlational growth?
8. How can the geology of mountains and valleys be related to natural selection?
9. Why are the laws of inheritance still not understood?
10. Why is natural selection much broader than domestic selection by humans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Darwin suggests both that species can adapt to new environments and that when a species is brought into a new environment, it does not prosper. How can this contradiction be explained? Is it possible that each statement may be true for some organisms and not others? Provide examples and an explanation for your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Darwin focuses on animals and plants when discussing natural selection. What do you think Darwin's thoughts are concerning human adaptation? Why doesn't Darwin directly apply this theory to humans?
Essay Topic 3
Darwin uses the scientific method. How does he study nature and species using this method, and what is the significance of this method?
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