Evolution Quiz Review (HW Grade)

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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Adaptation is

• the process that makes an organism look better

• the process in which weak organisms are killed off

• the process in which an organism becomes better adapted to its environment

• the process in which oxygen is transformed into glucose

The squirrel in the picture is using an adaptation called

• camouflage

• hibernation

• migration

• retention

What was the name of the ship Darwin traveled the world on?

• HMS Beagle
• SS Beagle
• HMS Bugle
• SS Bugle

When lions prey on a herd of antelopes, some antelopes are killed and some escape. Which part of Darwin’s concept of natural selection might be used to describe this situation?

• reproductive isolation
• descent with modification
• acquired characteristics
• survival of the fittest

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A population of peppered moths with a dark grey variation and a light grey variation lives in light colored birch forest. It is hunted by sight. Which statement is most likely true?

• there are equal number of light and dark grey peppered moths in the population
• more light grey moths survive than dark grey moths
• more dark grey moths survive than light grey moths
• all peppered moths will be eaten before they can reproduce

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According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the individuals that tend to survive are those that have

• characteristics their parents acquired by use and disuse.
• the greatest number of offspring.
• characteristics that plant and animal breeders value.
• variations best suited to the environment.

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If a rabbit species lives in an extremely cold environment with their main predator hunting at night and by sound, which mutation would be most favorable to the rabbit?

• camouflage fur
• a dense undercoat of fur underneath
• bigger ears
• being more visibly active at night

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Females increase the fitness of their offspring by choosing males with superior fitness; females are therefore concerned with quality.

• stabilizing selection

• directional selection

• disruptive selection

• sexual selection

Female birds choosing to mate with birds due their display is an example of

• Natural Selection

• artificial selection

• disruptive selection

• sexual selection