Introduction to evolution

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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Almost all adaptations started off as?

• selective breeding

• physiological

• structural

• mutation

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Which of the following means "genetic change over time"

• natural selection

• speciation

• evolution

• fitness

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species are

• Variations

• Adaptations

• Behaviors

• Environments

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What is the term for a feature that allows an organism to survive better in its environment?

• variation

• adaptation

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

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Which of the following variations would help members of a rabbit population survive if the climate turned very hot?

• Thinner fur

• Ability to run faster

• Ability to jump higher

• Ability to eat more

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Individuals that are well adapted to their environment will survive and produce

• better traits

• stronger genes

• more offspring

• fewer mutations

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

• individual

• population

• species

• fossil

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Which of the following is a fossil?

• a plant that has recently died

• a group of similar organisms that can reproduce

• a structure or organ that no longer functions

• a trace of an organism that existed in the past

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