Unit 8 Review H

What is survival of the fittest?

• It is where the fittest die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore can't reproduce and pass on their genes
• It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes

Darwin theorized that individuals having an advantage due to their traits or abilities will be more likely to survive and reproduce.  This theory is known as

• evolution
• speciation
• adaptation
• natural selection

Which pair of characteristics (similarity and difference) are both correct comparisons of Darwin and Wallace?

• Both Darwin and Wallace were naturalists. Darwin published his natural selection theory in an 1839 book, whereas Wallace published his natural selection theory in a scientific paper in 1859.
• Both Darwin's and Wallace's ideas about natural selection were revealed to the scientific community at the same time. Darwin's ideas about natural selection were inspired by what he observed on the Galapagos Islands, while Wallace's ideas about natural selection were inspired by what he observed on the Malay Archipelago.
• Both Darwin and Wallace collected specimens on the Galapagos Islands. Before each began collecting specimens around the Southern Hemisphere, Darwin though species arose by way of natural causes, while Wallace thought species were specially created by God.
• Both Darwin and Wallace formulated that natural selection theory at the same time. Wallace came from a wealthy, upper-class family, whereas Darwin grew up in a family that did not have much money.

Who developed the theory of evolution?

• Charles Darwin

• Mike Tyson

• George Washington

• Patton Manning

Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment 

• diversity.
• evolution
• adaptation. 
•  fitness.

 Genetic Drift is more likely to happen in... 

• aquatic populations
• small populations
• terrestrial populations
• older populations

What does the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium measure?

• changes in allele frequencies
• numbers of mutations
• goodness of fit
• genetic diversity

When Charles Darwin set sail on his five year journey on the HMS Beagle, both he and most of his contemporary scientists thought that

• each species was specially created by God in its present form and did not change over time.
• each species was a product of natural laws and changeable over time.
• each species had been selectively bred by humans after the invention of agriculture.
• each species had evolved into its present form by way of genetic mutation.

Darwin and Wallace both gathered a large number of observations and facts on which they based their theories. Which of the following types of evidence was NOT part of the evidence they gathered?

• fossil evidence
• anatomical evidence
• geographical distribution
• genetic evidence

What do you call all of the genes in a population?

• Gene pool
• Relative Frequency
• Genetic Drift
• Allele pool