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Unit 5: Biodiversity and Natural Selection

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This animal is a product of...
a)
Natural Selection 
b)
Environmental Pressures 
c)
Nature 
d)
Artificial Selection 
2.

Artificial selection is...

a)

the process by which humans select who reproduces based on human desired traits

b)

the process by which natures selects who lives and dies based on overall fittness

c)

the process by which animals adapt to their surroundings.

d)

the process by which people take over ecosystems.

3.
The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce is known as...
a)
Adaptation
b)
Trait
c)
Fitness
d)
Variation
4.
The long and sharp beak of a woodpecker is an example of:
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Selective Breeding
5.

What is the definition of mutation?

a)

Natural Breeding

b)

A random change in the genes of an organism

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Breeding two animals to create a new one

6.

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

a)

Because they come from recessive alleles.

b)

Because they come from dominant alleles.

c)

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

d)

Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

7.

Reproduction that combines genetic material of two organisms

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

c)

Fertilization

d)

Budding

8.

Which option is the best example of pressures that cause natural selection?

a)

Ranchers breeding cows

b)

Farmers creating bigger corn

c)

Climate change and Predators

d)

Artificial Selection

9.
1.  A mutation causes a new fur color variation to appear in a mouse population.  In which of the situations described below would the new fur color become more common than the old color in the mouse population? 
a)
A.  If plenty of food is available in the mouse habitat.
b)
A.  If the new fur color gene is a recessive allele.
c)
If the amount of reproduction in the mouse population stays the same.
d)
A.  If the new fur color gene is helpful in the survival of mice and their offspring. 
10.

Reproduction involving a single organism where genetic copies of itself are made.

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

c)

Budding

d)

Pollination

11.
What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?
a)
Allows genetic variation
b)
Only needs one parent
c)
Happens very quickly
d)
Offspring are exact copies of parent
12.
When a starfish grows a new body off a broken arm, what kind of reproduction is this?
a)
Sexual
b)
Differentiation
c)
Asexual 
d)
Specialization
13.

What is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

a)

Organisms cannot adapt to challenges very quickly

b)

Organisms only have one parent

c)

There is more genetic variation

d)

They are all female

14.

When comparing the offspring of sexually and asexually reproducing organisms, the genetics of the sexually reproduced offspring will show...?

a)

contain fewer mutations

b)

be lesser in quantity

c)

be simpler overall

d)

show more variation

15.
What is one disadvantage of sexual reproduction?
a)
Only one parent needed
b)
Off spring are exact copies of parents
c)
Happens very quickly
d)
Needs two parents
16.

What is an adaptation?

a)

A mutation

b)

A trait that improves fitness

c)

A selective pressure that causes change

d)

Any change in a population

17.

The green beetles are an example of what selection pressures

a)

Sexual selection

b)

Predators and environment

c)

Environment and finding food

d)

Diet

18.

The giraffe is an example of ___________________________ resulting from _______________________________ pressure

a)

Artificial selection, environmental

b)

Natural selection, predator

c)

Artificial selection, human

d)

Natural selection, finding food

19.

This gecko has an extreme look, which answer best explains how the gecko got this way?

a)

The gecko is being fancy to attract a mate, the more they look like leaves the more attractive they are the more often they mate.

b)

There was variation in the gecko population, geckos that looked more like leaves had camouflage and survived predators more often, living to reproduced more often.

c)

This gecko is a mutant and will likely not survive to pass on its genes because it looks so strange and predators will notice it more now.

d)

There is no gecko... it's all in your mind...

20.

Wolves became dogs because...

a)

Humans used trash to lure wolves in and then captured them and bred them until they became tame

b)

Wolves deiced humans were useful and started to depend on them for food and shelter, in return they helped humans hunt

c)

Wolves were attracted by human's trash and wolves that were less fearful of humans got more food and reproduced more often until... early dogs!

d)

Ancient humans stole wolf puppies and raised them by hand so they grew up friendly to humans.

21.

An ecological niche is ...?

a)

a small physical space

b)

the role of an organism it its ecosystem

c)

the benefits an organism provides the environment

d)

the same thing as a habitat

22.

What is the niche of a vulture?

a)

Lives in open fields, preying on mice and rabbits

b)

Lives in the forest, hunting at night for small rodents

c)

Lives in open country side, its a scavenger eating carrion (dead animals)

23.

Which animal is best suited for this niche?

It lives in woodlands and meadows eating plants and being prey for larger birds and mammals

a)

Bob cat

b)

Gopher snake

c)

Cotton tail rabbit

d)

Stellar Jay

24.

What happens during the process of natural selection

a)

individuals with the most beneficial traits survive and reproduce more offten

b)

Individuals with the weirdest mutations survive and reproduce to create exaggerated traits

c)

Harmful traits are passed onto the next generation

25.

The chameleons tongue is an example of a _________________.

a)

selective pressure

b)

mutation

c)

adaptation

d)

fancy trait

26.

What is one disadvantage of sexual reproduction?

a)

Only one parent needed

b)

Off spring are exact copies of parents

c)

Happens very quickly

d)

Needs two parents