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If average individuals of a population are selected for it is which type of selection?
Disruptive
Directional
Stabilizing
Artificial
2
The youngest fossil can be found in layer
B
A
D
C
3
Which is
NOT
evidence of the theory of evolution?
Embryology
Mimicry
Radioactive elements
Fossils
4
The age of the earth is measured in ________ of years.
Trillions
Millions
Thousands
Billions
5
The following picture is an example of:
Mimicry
Embryology
Adaptive radiation
Camouflage
6
The image is an example of what type of structure?
Embryo
Analogous
Vestigial
Homologous
7
This picture shows:
Camouflage
Divergent Evolution
Mimicry
Gene flow
8
What would cause the LEAST changes in a population?
Large population, many mutations
Small population, many mutations
Small population, few mutations
Large population, few mutations
9
True or false: Genetic equilibrium is caused by mutations in the gene pool.
False
True
10
True or False: The more similar DNA sequences are in organisms the closer they are related.
True
False
11
Gene flow is
The variety of genes in a population
Movement of individuals in and out of a population
All of the individuals in a population
The ability of genes to leave a population
12
Selection of a mate based solely on a physical attribute of the other is an example of:
Reproductive isolation
Shallowness
Convergent evolution
Disruptive selection
13
What is the best explanation why HIV medications stop working over time in many patients?
Viruses with drug-resistance mutations reproduce more.
Expired medications
HIV mimics white blood cells
Individual's body chemistry changes
14
Charles Darwin noticed a variety of adaptations to which body part of the Finch?
Feet
Feathers
Wings
Beak
15
All the alleles of a population is defined as:
genetic variation
gene pool
species
DNA
16
Speciation occurs when:
Animals start eating each other
Animals start to resemble each other
Members can create viable offspring
Members can no longer interbreed & produce viable offspring
17
When a physical barrier causes a species to not be able to interbreed over time it is called
Geographic isolation
Genetic drift
Camouflage
Directional selection
18
Which graph represents a population where both long hair and short hair cats are selected for?
III
I
II
19
Fins of a dolphin and a shark have similar function & different evolutionary origins. This is:
Embryology
Homologous structures
Vestigial structures
Analogous structures
20
Natural selection acts directly on
Genotypes
Phenotypes
DNA
Communities
21
Alteration of allele frequencies by
chance
events is defined as
Gradualism
Genetic Drift
Gene Pool
Speciation
22
True or false: Soft bodies become fossilized better than hard bodies.
True
False
23
Evolution is the change in ________________ over a period of time.
dinosaurs
frequency of alleles in a population
organism variety
species DNA
24
In natural selection, "survival of the fittest" are the populations that are the
Strongest
Most Clever
Best Adapted
Biggest
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Fossils can be found in
Water
Fire
Meteorites
Amber
