Evolution Quiz 2026 after bird lab

Movement of alleles between 2 populations is called:

• genetic drift
• gene flow
• mutation
• natural selection

Match the following:

• Robins have 4 eggs, seldom more or less.

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• Pocket Mice on black rocks and tan sand.

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• Beetles in charred ecosystem.

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Mutations:

• Happen when a species needs them.

• Happen when the environment changes.

• Happen randomly, all the time.

• Happen to individual organisms that need them.

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Match the following

• Creates different alleles. Mutation.

• The name of changes that create different alleles.

• Science's highest level of certainty

• Errors in copying DNA during cell division or damage repair.

• Survival of the Fittest

• Scientific theory

• Mutation

• The individuals with variations that help them in the current environment are more likely to survive long enough to pass on their genes.

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Gene pool

• The whole set of different genes available to and shared by a population.

• The subset of genes that only individuals with helpful mutations gets.

• A barrier to baby-making.

• A nice place to swim.

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​ ​ Small changes in a population, such as Darwin's finches developing larger beaks in a drought​ , are ​ (a)   Large changes in a population, like big-beaked birds no longer having offspring with small-beaked birds, is _​​ (b)   ​

• Photosynthesis
• Cellular Respiration
• Genetic Drift
• microevolution.
• Macroevolution

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Select the best answer based on the image.

• Gene Flow

• Genetic Drift

• Speciation

• Geographic Isolation

A bird from one population moves and mates with a bird from another population. What is this an example of? ​ (a)  

• Genetic Drift
• Gene flow
• Bottleneck effect

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What is genetic drift?

• A random change in allele frequencies in a population.

• The creation of new species.

• The movement of genes between populations.

• The process of natural selection.

What is the primary cause of mutations?

• Gene flow between populations.

• Natural selection pressures.

• Random errors during DNA replication.

• Environmental changes.

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