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Biology Natural Selection Quiz - The basics
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1
What does "viable offspring" mean?
offspring are fit for their environment AND can reproduce
Offspring can reproduce
Mules
offspring are fit for their environment
2
This says: organisms better suited to environment will live longer & produce more offspring
artificial selection
Lamarck's Hypothesis
natural selection
decent with modification
3
A single organism is able to create offspring slightly different from each other because of...
Cometition
Each gamete has a different combination of genes
Mitosis
Mutations
4
The total of all alleles present in a population is known as...
genetic mass
community pool
allelic sum
gene pool
5
Which of the following could select for different members of a beetle population?
ALL of the above
other beetle species
the vegetation
the birds
6
What two adaptations did the California salamanders evolve?
armor and posion
poison and speed
camouflage and mimicry
scales and camouflage
7
What is the changing over time of a species to be more suited to its environment?
variation
evolution
competition
adaptation
8
In natural selection, what determines if an organism will be likely to survive?
something in the environment
the organism's intelligence
the organism's genes
humans
9
Survival of the fittest means which of the following?
Individuals that are smartest survive
Individuals that are fastest survive
Individuals that are best adapted survive
Individuals that are strongest survive
10
Evolution can be measured by the change in________ frequency
reproductive
populations
individuals
allele
11
What is a group of living things that can mate together to produce fertile offspring?
species
population
community
ecosystem
12
A trait that makes a living thing able to survive in its surroundings is called a/an
modification
variation
mutation
adaptation
13
In order for mutations to affect natural selection, what must be true?
occur in metaphase of mitosis
occur on the mRNA
passed on to offspring
all of the above
14
What is the source of variation in a population?
parasites
DNA
Mitosis
Mutation
15
Which of these is NOT a part of Darwin's theory of Natural Selection?
struggle for existence
variation and adaptation
survival of the fittest
selective breeding
