Evolution Quiz

What is Evolution?

• A change in a species DNA

• A change in a population’s gene pool over time.

• A change in an individual's gene pool

• A change in a species traits through natural selection

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What is a mutation?

• An accidental change in DNA that gives rise to similarities among individuals

• A side effect of air pollution

• An accidental change in DNA that gives rise to variation among individuals

• A willed change in DNA, chosen by humans

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Gene selection under human direction is called

Natural gene selection for specific traits that benefit an organisms ability to survive is called

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How reproductively successful an organism is is called its:

• Productiveness

• Survivorship

• Strength

• Fitness

The process by which new species are generated is called:

• Specialization

• Speciation

• Creation

• Evolution

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An adaptation is defined as:

• A heritable trait that increases an individual's fitness.

• A heritable trait that increases a population's chance of survival

• A heritable trait that creates new DNA

• The creation of a species

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True or False: Humans use artificial selection to grow the food we eat

• True

• False

What is an example of a species that has been artificially selected for human consumption? Select all that apply

• Birds

• Cows

• Chicken

• Broccoli

• Corn

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True or False: We are thought to be currently in the 6th mass extinction.

• False

• True

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