Patterns & Mechanisms of Evolution Review

Patterns & Mechanisms of Evolution Review

9th - 12th Grade

16 Qs

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Patterns & Mechanisms of Evolution Review

Patterns & Mechanisms of Evolution Review

Assessment

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Biology

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS4-4, HS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-2

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A type of genetic drift in which small groups of organisms separate from a larger population and form new small colonies.

Gene Flow

Founder Effect

Natural Selection

Artificial Selection

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The exchange of genes between two populations.

Genetic Drift

Founder Effect

Gene Flow

Genetic Recombination

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This term refers to the total genetic information found in a population; the complete collection of all the alleles found in a population

Gene library

Genome

Gene pool

Allele pool

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is one of the mechanisms of evolution; it is a continuous process in which organisms with traits that make them better-adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than organisms without such adaptations

Directional selection

Microevolution

Gene flow / genetic drift

Natural selection

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This occurs when a large population is drastically reduced by an event such as a natural disaster; the population's new gene pool only contains alleles from the survivors

Founder effect

Bottleneck effect

Meteor effect

Natural selection

6.

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A small group of squirrels gets separates them from the rest of the population due to a large flood. These squirrels, now confined to this new island, begin to start a new population. This is an example of which of the following?

Founder effect

Bottleneck effect

Natural Selection

Gene Flow

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