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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. Which of the following is a radical change in the structure or behavior of an organism?
2. What happens when species are inter-bred?
3. With respect to breeders, what leads to the development of different varieties of species when breeding?
4. Where does Darwin suggest transitional forms should be found?
5. What can some amount of variation be attributed to?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is a flying mammal such as a bat difficult to explain through natural selection?
2. What are four objections raised to the theory of natural selection?
3. Why does Darwin feel the distinction between species variations is arbitrary?
4. How do Naturalists define a species and a variety?
5. Why would, on some islands, nature select for beetles that do not fly?
6. What occurs in situations where a species is moved from one climate to another?
7. How can the geology of mountains and valleys be related to natural selection?
8. Why would natural selection be considered counter-intuitive?
9. What can't all examples for disused organs be attributed to correlational growth?
10. Regarding Darwin's example of the pigeon in Chapter 1, why is the pigeon easily determined to be descended from a single species?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Darwin uses the scientific method. How does he study nature and species using this method, and what is the significance of this method?
Essay Topic 2
Darwin discusses four objections to his theory. Discuss these objections. Do you think Darwin makes valid points to explain away these objections? Can you find flaws in either the objections to Darwin's theory of the theory itself?
Essay Topic 3
Darwin uses inductive reasoning throughout his work. What is inductive reasoning? Why is this so important to the study of natural selection? Is inductive reasoning scientific? Explain your answer.
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