Evolution Quiz

Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?

• individual
• population
• species
• fossil

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Over time, adaptions can lead populations to experience 

• environmental changes
• genetic changes
• geological changes
• extinction

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In natural selection, the selective agent is the

• humans
• mutations
• breeders
• environment

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All rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of a(n)

• population
• species
• fossil
• individual organism

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_______________ is the change in living organisms over time.

• evolution

• genetic drift

• bottleneck effect

• natural selection

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Which of the following is a type of genetic drift that occurs because there is a dramatic decrease in the population size of the species?

• gene flow

• bottleneck effect

• founder effect

• extinction

Which of the following is a reason for evolution by natural selection?

choose all that apply

• random mating

• competition

• adaptation

• overproduction

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Which of the following are examples of postzygotic barriers?

choose all that apply

• reduced hybrid viability

• hybrid breakdown

• geographic isolation

• reduced hybrid fertility

The Eastern Spotted Skunk breeds in winter, while the Western Spotted Skunk breeds in the summer. This is an example of what prezygotic barrier?

• temporal isolation

• geographic isolation

• gametic isolation

• behavioral isolation

Which of the following pattern of evolution is when there are rapid bursts of change mixed with long periods of little or no change?

• gradualism

• punctuated equilibrium