Mechanisms of Evolution

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

A group of ants gets stepped on near their colony.

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

Pollen from a spruce tree travels through the air and lands on another spruce tree miles away

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

The peppered moths were all light with dark spots until the mid-1800s when some were born all dark

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

An elephant drinks a parasitic protozoan living in a puddle and dies

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

A family from Sweden, all of who have blue eyes, move to Rwanda, where all the people have brown eyes

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

A rabbit gets swept up in a flood and drowns

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

All the beetles in a population were green or blue until the mid-1980s when one beetle was born black.

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

A businessman gets a new job in New York City and moves there from Dallas

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

A plane crashes, killing a Nobel Prize winner

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation

Identify the following scenario as exhibiting either genetic drift, gene flow, or mutation.

An elephant leaves its herd and joins a new herd across the savanna

• Genetic drift

• Gene flow

• Mutation