Evolution and Genetics Review

What type of mutation does NOT change the amino acids or proteins?

• silent

• missense

• nonsense

• insertion

• deletion

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Organisms that survive and produce offspring are biologically ______.

• Fit

• Evolving

• Happy

• Confused

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What adaptation helped the peppered moths survive?

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Speed

• Stealth

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Who came up with the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics?

• Lamarck

• Darwin

• Mendel

• Watson & Crick

• Hershey & Chase

Who came up with the theory of Natural Selection?

• Lamarck

• Darwin

• Mendel

• Watson & Crick

• Hershey & Chase

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Lions that can run faster catch more food and produce more offspring. What is this an example of?

• natural selection

• extinction

• competition

• argiculture

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Preserved remains or traces of once living organisms are called _______.

• fossils

• genes

• paintings

• traits

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Some squirrels are better able to climb trees than others. If predators for these squirrels cannot climb trees what would you expect to happen?

• all of the squirrels will die

• the average climbing ability of the squirrels will increase over time

• the predators will give up eating squirrels

• nothing will change

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Several animals have similar bones in their forearms. What is the best explanation of this?

• These animals have the same method of locomotion

• These animals spend all their time in the water

• These animals have a recent common ancestor

• These animals evolved at the same time

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What causes new traits to appear in a population?

• Random mutations

• Natural selection

• Evolution

• Need of the organism

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