Genetics and variation within Species

What pieces of evidence support the claims of Evolution?

• Homologous Structures

• Genetics

• Fossils

• Embryology

• Phrenology

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Red flowers (R) are dominant over white flowers (r). Select the genotypes that would produce red flowers.

• RR

• Rr

• rr

• Rw

Select all of the following genotypes that are considered Heterozygous.

• AA

• Bb

• zz

• Dd

• Hh

Birds are the biggest predator in this environment. The black moths had a mutation that made many of them white. What will happen to this species?

• Most of the black moths will survive and the white ones will be eaten

• Most of the white moths will survive and the black ones will be eaten

• The moths will survive equally

• The moths will both equally be eaten by birds

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

• Albert Einstein
• Charles Darwin
• Charles Barkley
• Isaac Newton

In a certain species of plant, the color purple (P) is dominant to the color white (p).

According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of an offspring being purple?

• 25%

• 0%

• 100%

• 50%

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

• increase in number
  
• become extinct
  

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an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment

• mutation

• mimicry

• camouflage

• variation

How do adaptations help animals?

• To escape animals

• to hunt for food

• to survive in their habitats

• All of these are correct

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