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Genetic Drift _ Evidence of Evolution_Speciation Review

Authored by Lynetria Sanders

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9th Grade

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Genetic Drift _ Evidence of Evolution_Speciation Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This mechanism of evolution occurs when individuals migrate between populations.

Extinction
Gene flow
Genetic drift
Natural Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Genetic drift is change in the allele frequency of a population due to...

random chance
natural selection
non-random mating (sexual selection)
artificial selection

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of the bottle neck effect?

Bald Eagles are hunted until near extinction, population recovers.
Small group of iguanas floats to an island, starts a new population.
Red fox pups are more likely to survive in a snowy environment if they are born white.
Farmer chooses seeds from largest apples to plant next year.  This results in larger apples from year to year.

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of natural selection?

Bald Eagles are hunted until near extinction, population recovers.

Small group of iguanas floats to an island, starts a new population.

Red fox pups are more likely to survive in a snowy environment if they are born white.

Farmer chooses seeds from largest apples to plant next year. This results in larger apples from year to year.

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Five hundred years after the deer had established a flourishing population in the park, a few of them venture back to their original woods and have babies with the deer there.

Genetic Drift
Mutations
Non-random mating
Gene flow

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Yellow toucan birds seek out one another to make babies together and tend to avoid the green toucan birds.

Genetic Drift
Non-random mating
Gene flow
Mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

One day a group of scientists collected a small group of brown anole lizards from a large group of the lizards.  Then they placed this small group of lizards on an island that had no brown anole lizards on it.  What is this an example of?

Bottleneck Effect
Hardy Effect
Founder Effect
None of These

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

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