Melanin Mini Unit Assessment

Match the following terms with their correct definitions:

• Genome

• All of an organism's genetic material

• Evolution

• Change over time

• Natural Selection

• Organisms that are best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more than others

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Variation is defined as:

• a change or slight difference in condition, amount, or a phenotype in an organism

• a complete absence of change.

• a random occurrence with no pattern.

• a fixed and unchanging state.

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Overproduction in biological terms refers to:

• The production of more offspring than can survive.

• The production of fewer offspring than can survive.

• The production of exactly the number of offspring that can survive.

• The production of offspring without any survival challenges.

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__________________ in biology is a concept that explains the interaction between organisms or species, in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another. What does this concept describe?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Competition

• Commensalism

A protein is made up of:

• Carbohydrate

• Lipid

• Nucleic Acid

• amino acids

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What are the 5 types of evidence for evolution?

• Fossil records, comparative anatomy (homologous structures), biochemical information, embryology, and vestigial structures

• Fossil records, astrology, genetic information, embryology, and biogeography

• Fossil records, comparative anatomy, mythology, embryology, and biogeography

• Fossil records, comparative anatomy (homologous structures), genetic information, astrology, and biogeography

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What are vestigial structures?

• Structures that have lost their original function through evolution

• Structures that are newly developed in an organism

• Structures that are essential for survival

• Structures that are unique to a particular species

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What are homologous structures?

• Structures that are similar in different species because they were inherited from a common ancestor.

• Structures that perform the same function in different species but are not derived from a common ancestor.

• Structures that are completely different in form and function across species.

• Structures that are artificially created in a laboratory setting.

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Fill in the blank: ______ are different versions of genes.

• alleles

• chromosomes

• proteins

• cells

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Cyte- means

• Melanin

• Cell

• Nucleus

• Vitamin D

• A place or location