Evolution Unit Review

Which statement is true based on the cladogram?

• tiger are more related to salamander than lamprey

• gorilla are more related to shark than human

• human are more related to lamprey than tiger

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For small animals with many predators, laying multiple eggs is BENEFICIAL because....

• there is a higher chance the offspring will survive

• there is a lower chance the offspring will survive

Genetic variation most closely means....

• the different types of traits in a population

• how traits are the same in a population

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When a wolf leaves its pack and joins another pack which of the following will increase?

• natural selection

• fossil record

• variation

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High levels of genetic variation will ______ survival.

• increase

• decrease

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Low levels of genetic variation will ______ survival.

• increase

• decrease

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Otters are prey to alligators. Recently bobcats have begun to eat otters and they are faster than alligators. What will happen to the otter population?

• the otters will force a mutation in their DNA to become faster

• the slow otters will workout and train until their legs are faster

• the fast otters will survive and reproduce to create a population of fast runners

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Fruit bats have developed long thumbs that help them eat fruits.

Some fruit bats have developed especially strong long thumbs that help them remove the pit (seed) from the fruit.

Which of the following most likely led to the development of the fruit bats adaptation?

• limited water

• competition

• food type

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Which is more closely related?

• Lamprey and tiger

• Gorilla and Human

• Salamander and Tiger

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The gradual change in species over time is...

• Nucleotide

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

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