Regents Living Environment Evolution 2023 Quiz

What is more favorable for evolution?

• Long life spans and asexual reproduction

• short life spans and asexual reprodcution

• Short life spans and sexual reproduction

• long life spans and sexual reproduction

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Natural selection depends on an organism's desirable characteristics that are achieved through mutations. True or false?

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Overproduction of offspring leads to a struggle for survival beacuse...

• There is a surplus of food

• Offspring's DNA more prone to mutations

• More prey means more predators

• More competition among offspring

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Select ALL answers that Darwin decided would affect a population from within. (More than one)

• Absence of prey

• Overproduction of offspring

• Survival of the fittest

• Competition

Answer explanation

Prey is an external factor and was not one of Darwins specific affecting factors. Darwins factors that would affect a population from within include survival of the fittest, overproduction of offspring, and competition.

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What is one main thing evolution relies on?

• Mutations in DNA

• A lack in food supply

• Human interference

• Lack of sunlight

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Evolution in bacteria is known as...

• Bacterial evolution

• Micro evolution

• Fungi evolvi

• Antibiotic resistance

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Evolution in insect pests is known as...

• Insecta evolution

• Insecticide resistance

• Pesta evolva

• Anteni legum

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A large seedless watermelon is a product of selective breeding. True or False?

An insect that matches the color of its environment is a form of selective breeding. True or false?

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Cacti being able to survive in dry climates is an example of selective breeding. True or False?

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