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WorksheetsShaping Evolutionary Theory I
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?
a)
individual
b)
population
c)
species
d)
fossil
2.
Over time, adaptions can lead populations to experience
a)
environmental changes
b)
genetic changes
c)
geological changes
d)
extinction
3.
What increases genetic variation when animals move from one population to another
a)
genetic drift
b)
sexual selection
c)
bottleneck effect
d)
gene flow
4.
The founder effect, bottleneck, gene flow, nonrandom mating and mutation are all examples of
a)
genetic drift
b)
Sexual Selection
c)
Coevolution
d)
Convergent Evolution
5.
Mutations are important because they bring about
a)
death of the organism in which they develop
b)
genetic variation needed for a population to evolve
c)
benefits for the individual, not for the population
d)
Hardey-Weinberg equilibrium within a population
6.
two species are in different environments and look very similar. However, that are not closely related (analogous). Their resemblance is most likely an example of.
a)
sexual selection
b)
temporal isolation
c)
convergent evolution
d)
divergent evolution
7.
Some mutations can be un-helpful.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What process would farmers use to produce vegetables that will grow in a specific climate?
a)
evolution
b)
genetic variation
c)
selective breeding
d)
natural selection
9.
The example of the peppered (brown) moths living near English industrial cities demonstrates that
a)
A change in an environment can result in the evolution of species living there
b)
Evolution occurs so slowly that is it not possible to determine that it has happened in less than a million years
c)
The environment near these cities has always favored dark colored moths
10.
The lack of allele variation in the northern elephant seal population is an example of:
a)
Mutations
b)
Founder effect
c)
Bottleneck effect
d)
Genetic drift
11.
Which of the following evolutionary forces can introduce new genetic variation into a population?
a)
natural selection and non-random mating
b)
natural selection and genetic drift
c)
mutation and genetic drift
d)
mutation and gene flow
12.
Which of the following is an example of gene flow?
a)
A subordinate wolf successfully challenges the alpha male and mates with pack females
b)
A deer picks up spores from a plant as it grazes and deposits them next to that plant.
c)
A young stallion is driven out of its herd by the alpha stallion and begins its own herd in another location
d)
All of these answers
13.
The form of natural selection where individuals with certain characteristics are more likely than others to obtain mates is
a)
sexual selection
b)
stabilizing selection
c)
disruptive selection
d)
directional selection
14.
What type of evolution is this example?
a)
Punctuated evolution
b)
Coevolution
c)
Convergent evolution
d)
Graduated evolution
15.
After a small group of individuals founds a new population, allele frequencies in the new population differ from those in the original population
a)
Bottleneck
b)
Fixed alleles
c)
Founder effect
d)
Gene flow
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