Mechanisms of Evolution

Which of the following is NOT considered a mechanism of evolution?

• Mutations

• Natural Selection

• Behavior Changes

• Genetic Drift

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What are the letters assigned to various inherited genetic mutations?

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What determines an organism's biological fitness?

• How strong it is

• A lack of mutations

• It's lifespan

• The number of offspring it produces

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Genetic Drift has a stronger effect on smaller populations

• True

• False

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Check all examples of "inherited" traits

• Eye color

• Ability to roll tongue

• Fears or phobias

• Ear lobe shape

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Organisms pass down their DNA to their offspring

• True

• False

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Which option is an example of Genetic Drift?

• Mutation

• Bottleneck Effect

• Adaptation

• Finders Keepers

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What do scientists call a mutation that decreases an organism's biological fitness?

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All inherited traits are either dominant or recessive

• True

• False

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Name the English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies.

• Charles Dickens

• Charles Darwin

• James Darwin

• Prince Charles

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