Unit 10- Natural Selection Test Review

Any inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its environment is called ___.

• a mutation
• an adaptation
• evolution
• natural selection

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Which of the following means "genetic change over time"

• natural selection
• speciation
• evolution
• fitness

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.
• variations.
• traits.
• theories.

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA
• tRNA
• genotype
• phenotype

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Where do adaptations come from?

• The individual organism decides to adapt
• Mutations that give an organism an advantage in its environment

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These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________

• Natural Selection
• Variation
• Homeostasis
• Extinction

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop
• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
• benefits for the individual, not for the population
• Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

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Sometimes bones in the front limbs of animals are very similar in structure. What do we call similar bone structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?

• Adaptations

• Gradualism

• Homologous Structures

• Extinction

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the hind leg bones in a whale are examples of

• homologous structures
• analogous structures
• fossils
• vestigals

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