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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Zahavi, a scientist, theorize about reproduction mating?
(a) Female attractiveness hurts a male's ability to survive.
(b) Male attractiveness signals the male's ability to survive.
(c) Female attractiveness signals the male's ability to survive.
(d) Male attractiveness hurts a male's ability to survive.

2. Who developed the Red Queen theory?
(a) Richard Dawkins.
(b) Leigh Van Valen.
(c) Graham Bell.
(d) Charles Darwin.

3. Is attractiveness always the only criteria for mate selection?
(a) No, only when selection is plentiful.
(b) Yes, females don't like ugly people.
(c) Yes, females are shallow.
(d) No, females like important mates.

4. In a landscape what will girls pick out as being important?
(a) Objects.
(b) People.
(c) Memories.
(d) Voices.

5. What is the tangled bank theory?
(a) It is more advantageous for humans to asexually produce.
(b) Different organisms in an environment saturated with similar organisms have a greater likelihood of survival.
(c) Sexual reproduction is the riskiest way for humans to reproduce.
(d) Sexual reproduction allows for a smaller number of very exceptional offspring.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, the animals are unsure of _____________.

2. Why does the male pine mole visit many different tunnels?

3. How does evolution work?

4. How does Chapter 5 begin?

5. What do the females of this same group prefer?

(see the answer key)

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