
Mechanisms of Evolution
Authored by C Abney
Biology
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A physical trait favored by an environmental change can be called an
adaptation
extinction
possibility
mutation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
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.
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.
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