Life science midterm review

Evolution is best defined as:

• the process which organisms die.

• the process which organisms change over time.

• the process which organisms that are extinct become revived.

• the process which non-living things fossilize.

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

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According to Darwin's theory of evolution, how do new species evolve?

• unnatural selection

• natural selection

• random chance

• artificial selection

Darwin gathered his early evidence of evolution from the _______and especially noticed the remarkable differences in _________.

• Galapagos Islands; monkeys

• Galapagos Islands; finches

• Galapagos Islands; fish

• Hawaiian Islands; fish

Why did white peppered moths change to black peppered moths in the cities?

• The sun tanned the moths and made them dark

• The moths mated with other dark moths

• The Industrial Revolution created pollution that made the white birch trees dark

• The dark peppered moths are a different species

A gene is...

• One set of instructions for an inherited trait

• The physical trait of an organisms

• The trait that gets masked but can appear if two of the same allele is present

• The entire makeup of an organism (no physical)

A allele is...

• One set of instructions for an inherited trait

• The physical trait of an organisms

• Different form of a gene

• The entire makeup of an organism (no physical)

The man who studied genetics and came up with genetics is

• Watson
• Crick
• Mendel
• Darwin

An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

• one
• two
• three
• five

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What is a phenotype

• The genetic make up (code)
• The physical trait