Evolution

Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

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The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)

• change
• adaption
• species
• variation

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In natural selection, the selective agent is the

• humans
• mutations
• breeders
• environment

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All rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of a(n)

• population
• species
• fossil
• individual organism

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a bird that can easily outcompete other birds for food and one that can produce many eggs has a high

• life expectancy

• mutation rate

• fitness

• adaptability

Which of the following describes natural selection?

• it acts on genetic material directly

• it acts on existing physical traits

• it forms new traits

• it forms new genetic material

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What is suggested by the anatomical similarity of very different species of vertebrates?

• no evolutionary relationships between the groups

• recent common ancestry

• similar environments in the past

• evolution from a distant common ancestor

Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence
• exactly the same DNA sequences
• no proteins in common
• completely different DNA sequence

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Protein sequences in one organism that resemble those of another suggests a

• coincidence

• lack of evolutionary relationship

• great number of mutations

• shared ancestry

A measure of how common a particular allele occurs in a population is known as the

• gene pool

• allele frequency

• mutation rate

• phenotype