
Genetic Drift and Speciation Quiz
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9th - 10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of the founder effect?
Humans choose two dogs they like the characteristics of and breed them together.
Affected individuals with blue skin can trace their ancestry back to one of the first settlers in the region.
The environment of a fox population changes and over time foxes who are white survive and pass on their genes to their offspring.
Cheetah populations reach their lowest levels with reduced diversity and as they rebound are so genetically similar they appear to be inbred.
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Genetic Drift is more likely to happen in...
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A virus killed most of the seals in the North Sea (e.g. dropped the population from 8000 to 800). In an effort to help preserve the species, scientists caught 20 of the remaining seals and used them to start a new population in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Which of the following statements would accurately describe the new population?
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of the bottle neck effect?
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 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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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A change in the genetic composition of a population as a result of descending from a small number of colonizing individuals is called:
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