Evolution Quiz

Evolution that can occur on a small scale affecting a single population

• microevolution

• macroevolution

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Flow

Evolution on a large scale affecting changes in species across populations

• microevolution

• macroevolution

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Flow

Organisms with the “best” traits (adaptations) will live longer and reproduce more than others, causing changes in the population over time by acting on traits that are heritable.

• Fitness

• Adaptation

• Variation

• Natural Selection

A measure of how well you can survive in your environment

• Adaptation

• Variation

• Fitness

• Overproduction of offspring

Lots of offspring and limited resources causes competition for those resources.

• Overproduction of offspring

• Natural selection

• variation

• adaptation

a feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment.

• Variation

• Descent with modification

• overproduction of offspring

• adaptation

A change in gene frequency over time.

• Variation

• Descent with modification

• overproduction of offspring

• adaptation

The process of biological change in a population over time is called...

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Creationism

• Intelligent Design

Overproduction of offspring creates...

• Competition

• Gene Flow

• Migration

• Genetic Drift

The combined alleles of all individuals in a population are called its...

• DNA

• Gene Pool

• Genome

• Genetic Code