Variation and Inheritance (Remedial Test)

Differences among individual members of the same species are referred to as....

• Variation

• Natural selection

• Adaptation

• Species

Continuous variation is usually influenced by what?

• The environment only

• Inheritance and the environment

• Inheritance only

• None of the above

What is one advantage of variation among species?

• Everybody is unique and can feel individual.

• It creates a sense of different cultures across the world.

• Stronger genes are inherited which reduces the risk of diseases wiping out a certain species.

• none of the choices

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

• the ability to change their bodies to fit the environment.

• variations best suited to the environment.

• the biggest body.

• the best luck.

The purpose of selective breeding is to

• get bigger animals

• get smaller animals

• create animals with desirable traits

• create animals with bad traits

What are the most studied animals in the Galapagos Islands?

• Turtles

• Tortoises

• Lizards

• Finches

Mutations are a change in what?

• DNA

• tRNA

• genotype

• phenotype

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

• Steven Hawking

Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival. (Acquired traits)

• Variation

• Behavior

• Adaptation

• Environment

______ allows adapted organisms to survive and pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution

• Extinction

• Artifical Selection

• Natural Selection