Evolution Test Review

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

The opossum and kangaroo both incubate their young in a pouch. This provides evidence that they---

• are descended from a common ancestor
• Have very similar skeletal structures
• belong to the same species
• must range great distances to eat

According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: 

• Species I
• Species II
• Species III
• Species IV

Over time, early organisms were ______________ and became more ______________.

• Complex, simple

• Uncommon, common

• Simple, complex

• Younger, older

According to the theory of natural selection, why are some individuals more likely than others to survive and reproduce? 

• Some individuals pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes. 
• Some individuals are better adapted to exist in their environment than others are. 
• Some individuals do not pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes. 
• Some individuals tend to produce fewer offspring than others in the same environment. 

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Which characteristic is necessary for natural selection to occur in a species? 

• stability 
• variation 
• complex cellular organization 
• a very low mutation rate 

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 Which two processes result in variations that commonly influence the evolution of sexually reproducing species? 

• mutation and genetic recombination 
• mitosis and natural selection 
• extinction and gene replacement 
• environmental selection and selective breeding 

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Several of the Galapagos Islands are inhabited by grasshoppers, beetles, flies, bees, and butterflies. Finches that feed on these consumers would have beaks adapted for

• probing, only

• probing or grasping

• crushing or probing

• parrotlike feeding or grasping

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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What genetic event causes different beak sizes to first arise?

• They arose because of their need to be able to eat different food.

• Random mutations

• The environment made the change happen.

• The finches beaks changed a little at a time each generation.