Evolution

Fitness, in evolutionary terms, is best defined by which of the following?

• How strong an organism is

• The success of passing genes on to the next generation

• Having the most live births

• Differences within a population that allow for mutations

Where does variation come from?

• Mutations and Recombination

• Mutations

• Recombination

In order for mutations to be passed down to offspring, they must take place during ____________ in _____________.

• Meiosis, sex cells

• Mitosis, sex cells

• Meiosis, body cells

• Mitosis, body cells

Mutation, Gene Flow, Non-Random Mating, Genetic Drift, Selection

All of these are which of the following?

• Darwin's Evolutionary Principles

• Lamarck's Evolutionary Principles

• Agents of Evolutionary Change

• Evidence of Evolution

Change over time is

• evolution

• generation

• growth

• biogenesis

The term that best describes why the moth population changed color over time

• adaptation
• natural selection
• mutation
• predator-prey

Which statement best describes the process of evolution?

• Populations can survive in different locations on earth

• Environmental conditions limit the number of species on Earth

• Populations grow when resources are abundant

• The traits of a species can change over time

Individuals undergo evolution.

• True

• False

How does a species change over time?

• by adapting to the environment

• changes in the gene frequencies in a population

• acquiring new traits

• they do not change

The pelvic bone of whales is not needed for movement within the water. This is an example of a(n) ______________ structure.

• vestigial

• analogous

• homologous