Biology Natural Selection & Population Evolution Quiz

Question 1

What is the changing over time of a species to be more suited to its environment?

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evolution

Question 2

A trait that makes a living thing able to survive in its surroundings is called a/an

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adaptation

Question 3

What is a group of living things that can mate together to produce fertile offspring?

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species

Question 4

Process in which 2 or more species evolve in response to changes in each other.

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co-evolution

Question 5

Type of selection when certain traits help in mating success.

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sexual selection

Question 6

This occurs when individuals move into or out of a population.

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gene flow

Question 7

Survival of the fittest means which of the following?

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Individuals that are best adapted survive

Question 8

Type of population selection occurs when individuals w/ extreme traits are selected against.

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stabilizing selection

Question 9

Which condition is NOT required for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?

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gene flow occurring

Question 10

In natural selection, what determines if an organism will be likely to survive?

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something in the environment

Question 11

In order for mutations to affect natural selection, what must be true?

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passed on to offspring

Question 12

Type of selection when the average shifts but the distribution is still normal.

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directional selection

Question 13

This type of isolation occurs when timing of mating is different - different months or seasons

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temporal isolation

Question 14

This says: organisms better suited to environment will live longer & produce more offspring

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natural selection

Question 15

Which two structures are homologous structures?

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wing of bat, arm of human

Question 16

This occurs when an event changes the gene pool of a population BY CHANCE.

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genetic drift

Question 17

Which would most likely be an adaptation of humans in Alaska before technology?

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more fat cells

Question 18

Which of the following could select for different members of a beetle population?

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ALL of the above

Question 19

Which of these is NOT a part of Darwin's theory of Natural Selection?

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selective breeding

Question 20

Which two structures are analogous structures?

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wing of bat, wing of butterfly

Question 21

Type of genetic drift when an event drastically reduces the size of a population, by chance.

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bottleneck effect

Question 22

Natural Selection is the _______ evolution.

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mechanism of

Question 23

Which of the following is a vestigial structure of a human?

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appendix

Question 24

Type of genetic drift when a new population is started with a few individuals.

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founder effect

Question 25

What is the source of variation in a population?

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Mutation

Biology Natural Selection & Population Evolution Quiz

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Biology Natural Selection & Population Evolution Quiz

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