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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the 16th century cleric known for besides his scientific theories?
(a) Killing Catholics.
(b) Switching between Catholic and Protestant religions.
(c) Being a survivor of Protestant ridicule.
(d) His sermons.

2. How does evolution work?
(a) Very slowly, over thousands of years.
(b) Without competition between organisms.
(c) Change is continuous.
(d) Different adaptations of an individual which give a reproductive edge.

3. What is the only way to understand why evolution is the way it is?
(a) Study the twists and turns of the evolutionary story.
(b) Study creationists theories.
(c) To negate human nature.
(d) To ignore its history.

4. What is the lottery theory?
(a) Sexual reproduction is the riskiest way for humans to reproduce.
(b) Sexual reproduction allows for a smaller number of very exceptional offspring.
(c) It is more advantageous for humans to asexually reproduce.
(d) Organisms in densely populated areas survive better.

5. What does being fast allow for a gazelle to do?
(a) The fast gazelle survives and reproduces, thus spreading its genes.
(b) The gazelle is never caught and it throws off the balance of the environment.
(c) The gazelle gets caught.
(d) It is able to always kill its prey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do scientists want to discover about genetic mixing?

2. In an attempt to "outwit" these killers, organisms engage in _____________.

3. Who created the tangled bank theory?

4. Why is asexual reproduction a less risky option for an organism?

5. In 1970, __________ argued that the individual is merely a container for genes.

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