Quiz - Bio 5.21 & 5.25

What process involves the change of an allele's frequency in a population due to the fitness benefit it gives to the individuals who have it?

• selective breeding

• artificial selection

• natural selection

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Which type of natural selection did the Grants observe when studying the beak size of Galápagos finches?

• stabilizing selection

• directional selection

• disruptive selection

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Human babies are typically born within a very narrow range of weight. Babies that are too heavy or too light are less likely to survive. In terms of natural selection, this is an example of ______.

• directional selection

• disruptive selection

• artificial selection

• stabilizing selection

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Giraffes with longer necks can reach more leaves to eat. This is an advantage in environments in which food is limited. In terms of natural selection, this is an example of: ______.

• Disruptive selection

• Directional selection

• Stabilizing selection

• All of these

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Which type of natural selection selects for both extremes of a phenotype and selects against the average phenotype for that trait in a population?

• disruptive selection

• directional selection

• stabilizing selection

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The first animals to live on land were invertebrates.

• True

• False

The first animals that could produce eggs with internal membranes and could therefore reproduce on land were called _______.

• oocytes

• amniotes

• ctenophores

• lobe-finned fish

The oldest fossils of multicellular animals that have been found are approximately how old?

• 3 billion years

• 60,000 years

• 630 million years

• 13 million years 

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___________ are the simplest animals on earth.

• Bacteria

• Sponges

• Zebras

• Ctenophores

Which of the following is a characteristic of hagfish?

• It is jawless

• It is a simple vertebrate

• Jawless AND simple vertebrate

• It is a complex vertebrate