Natural Selection and Inheritance

Question 1

Each Chromosome is made up of long chains of ____________

Accepted Answer

Genes

Question 2

Based the second stage of the picture, which species are most closely related?

Accepted Answer

Fish and the salamander

Question 3

The offspring of asexual reproduction is called a ___________

Accepted Answer

Clone

Question 4

What form of evidence of evolution is pictured here?

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Embryology

Question 5

Which is not true about transitional fossils

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They are very common and easy to find

Question 6

How do vestigial structures provide evidence of evolution

Accepted Answer

The structure must have been used at some point in the past

Question 7

What kinds of traits does natural selection select for?

Accepted Answer

Traits that help the organism survive and reproduce.

Question 8

This structure is a pair of ____________

Accepted Answer

Chromosomes

Question 9

Why did Darwin view all life as in competition, even between members of the same species?

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Because populations grow faster than available food supplies

Question 10

What Genotype would go in Square A

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EE

Question 11

Where did the different alleles come from?

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An individual gets one allele from each parent

Question 12

What is a vestigial structure?

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A part of an animal that no longer has a function

Question 13

The genotype in square D would be

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Homozygous Recessive

Question 14

What type of evidence of evolution is pictured here?

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Comparative Anatomy

Question 15

How is this evidence of evolution?

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Presence of similar structures suggests a common anscestor

Question 16

What is a phenotype?

Accepted Answer

The physical expression of an organism's genes

Question 17

Why does asexual reproduction leave an organism more vulnerable to new diseases?

Accepted Answer

Lack of genetic variation leads to less resistant varieties

Question 18

Which of the Following is not the product of Artificial Selection

Accepted Answer

Crow

Question 19

The idea that animals and organisms have changed their forms over time is called what?

Accepted Answer

Evolution

Question 20

The highlighted parts are sections of the DNA that control a certain ________

Accepted Answer

Traits

Question 21

If I have 30 chickens, and I want to increase the number of eggs they lay, what should I do?

Accepted Answer

Repeatedly breed only the chickens that lay lots of eggs

Question 22

What kind of traits does artificial selection select for?

Accepted Answer

Traits that serve a human need

Question 23

E causes plants to be tall, e causes plants to be short. How many of the offspring are short?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 24

What is the probability of the Dominate trait being expressed in the offspring?

Accepted Answer

75%

Question 25

Sexual reproduction is a better strategy when

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Environments are stable and the species is poorly adapted, Environments are unstable and the species is well adapted, Environments are unstable and the species is poorly adapted

Question 26

How many offspring would be able to pass on the short plant allele e?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 27

One of the downsides of Sexual Reproduction is:

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The energy cost of finding a mate

Question 28

What was Darwin's theory on how evolution occurs?

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

Question 29

The two highlighted _______ are different variations of the same trait

Accepted Answer

Alleles

Question 30

Asexual reproduction is a winning strategy when:

Accepted Answer

The environment is stable and the species is well adapted

Question 31

What is Asexual Reproduction?

Accepted Answer

Reproduction from only one parent

Question 32

Which is an inheritable trait

Accepted Answer

Eye color

Question 33

Assume most of the moths are white. How will the population change if the trees turn black?

Accepted Answer

The Black form will become more common in the population

Question 34

One of the benefits of Asexual reproduction is

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No energy spent finding a mate

Question 35

What is the name of this kind of Chart?

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Punnett Square

Question 36

As the climate grows warmer, which of theses traits will be better for plants?

Accepted Answer

Being able to tolerate drought (less water), Being able to tolerate high tempatures

Question 37

What kind of evidence is this?

Accepted Answer

Transitional fossil

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