Evolution Review

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What is the cause for all variation within a population? Options: Natural Selection, Adaptation, Mutation, Environmental Changes

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Mutation

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What will happen to the white mouse population over time in a desert (brown sand) environment?

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It will decrease

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Because of an environmental change, organisms develop mutations to survive in that environment. True or False?

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False

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According to the diagram, who is most closely related to primates? Options: Amphibians, Rodents & Rabbits, Crocodiles, Sharks

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Rodents & Rabbits

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When has speciation occurred?

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When populations can no longer interbreed

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Which of the following is true about antibiotic-resistant bacteria? Options: Bacteria with antibiotic resistance are more likely to survive and reproduce, Over time, the entire population will become antibiotic resistant, Bacteria don't mutate as a result of exposure to the antibiotic, All of these

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All of these

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A rabbit that can easily outcompete other rabbits for food and that can produce many offspring has a high

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fitness

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A chance occurrence that negatively affects a population because the population is small is: genetic drift, mutation, speciation, migration

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genetic drift

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When would convergent evolution occur?

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When organisms live in similar environments

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Why do humans, birds, whales, and lizards have similar arm bones?

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They have a common ancestor