Natural Selection & Evolution Check In

Which of these is NOT evidence of evolution?

• Embryology

• Genetics (DNA Fingerprinting)

• Natural Selection

• Fossil Record

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Assuming the dotted line represents the new population and the solid line represents the original population, which of the following types of selection is represented by the graph at left?

• Directional (Left)

• Directional (Right)

• Stabilizing

• Disruptive

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Which of the following is NOT an assumption of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

• Mating is random

• Dominant alleles are always more frequent than recessive alleles

• No mutations are occuring in the population

• No gene flow exists between populations

The colored bones at left are called _____________ structures and are evidence of ____________ evolution.

• Vestigal, Convergent

• Analagous, Convergent

• Homologous, Divergent

• Homologous, Convergent

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The appendix is a structure inherited from a common ancestor that serves no purpose in the current organism. This is an example of a ___________.

• Vestigal Structure

• Intermediate Organ

• Mutualistic Exchange

• Mutation

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Which of the following is NOT required for selection to occur?

• Consideration

• Inheritance

• Time

• Variation

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Select all that apply: All initial variation in a population comes from ____________.

• Crossing Over

• Gene Flow

• Mutation

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After a bottleneck event occurs, variation in the population is ____________.

• Increased

• Decreased

• The Same

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When looking at the fossil record, rocks that are the furthest underground (deepest) would have ___________ Carbon-14 than fossils found closer to the surface?

• More

• Less

• The Same

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Which term best fits the definition: "An organism's ability to survive and pass on its genetic material to offspring"?

• Inheritance

• Fitness

• Adaptation

• Selection

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