Mechanisms of Evolution

Mechanisms of Evolution

9th Grade

15 Qs

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Mechanisms of Evolution

Mechanisms of Evolution

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A physical trait favored by an environmental change can be called an

adaptation

extinction

possibility

mutation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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According to the theory of natural selection, why are some individuals more likely than others to survive and reproduce?

Some individuals pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes.

Some individuals are better adapted to exist in their environment than others are.

Some individuals do not pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes.

Some individuals tend to produce fewer offspring than others in the same environment.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In natural selection, the selective agent is the

humans
mutations
breeders
environment

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Mutations are important because they bring about

death of the organism in which they develop

genetic variation needed for a population to evolve

benefits for the individual, not for the population

Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A few deer wander out of their native woods into a completely new park where no deer had ever been before. They go on to create an entirely new population.

Genetic Drift
Natural Selection
Non-random mating
Mutation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During gestation (pregnancy), a developing male pig had a change in his genetic code. The result was that he was able to walk and do karate.

Genetic Drift
Non-random mating
Mutation
Natural Selection

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Five hundred years after the deer had established a flourishing population in the park, a few of them venture back to their original woods and have babies with the deer there.

Genetic Drift
Mutations
Non-random mating
Gene flow

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