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Unit Review: Evolution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following would have the greatest impact on gene frequency in a population?

a)

A single individual leaves a large population

b)

A few individuals are killed within a large population

c)

A predator hunts one phenotype rather than another for a year

2.

If a population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium then that population is evolving?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which of the following is NOT a condition of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

a)

Small population size

b)

Random mating

c)

No natural selection

d)

No migration

4.

After which event could you say evolution has occurred?

a)

A new predator enters the environment

b)

A species of trees dies out

c)

A yellow butterfly is born into a population of blue butterflies

d)

Allele frequency changes in a population

5.

Which group of organisms is considered a population?

a)

freshwater salmon

b)

all the deer in North America

c)

all the birds living in the rain forest

d)

a flock of sheep living on the same farm

6.

Type of natural selection that disrupts the population average by favoring the extreme traits

a)

Disruptive Selection

b)

Stabilizing Selection

c)

Directional Selection

7.

A gene pool consists of

a)

all of the dominant alleles in a population

b)

all of the recessive alleles in a population

c)

all of the alleles in a population

8.

What are vestigial structures?

a)

Structures in different species that are similar enough to suggest the species had a common ancestor

b)

Similar patterns of early embryonic development

c)

Structures that appear to have no function for the organism but probably had a function in an ancestral organism

d)

Similarities in the protein (DNA) of different organisms

9.

What process involves the environment acting on individuals so that those with favorable traits survive and reproduce?

a)

Evolution

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Genetic Drift

d)

Gene Flow

10.

Type of natural selection that favors the average form of a trait over extreme forms?

a)

Stabilizing

b)

Directional

c)

Disruptive

11.

Natural selection acts on variations in populations through a specific trait. Which is true?

a)

All forms of the trait have the same impact on survival

b)

The trait is resistant to mutations

c)

The trait is passed on to the next generation

d)

The trait is the same for all organisms

12.

Introduction of new genes into a population as new organisms move in

a)

Gene Flow (migration)

b)

Genetic Drift

c)

Genetic Recombination

d)

Mutation

13.

Which of the following must be true if the organisms in two populations are no longer considered to be the same species?

a)

They do not resemble each other

b)

They cannot reproduce successfully

c)

They do not share any of the same genes

d)

They do not share the same space

14.

All of the following statements about Darwin are true EXCEPT for

a)

Darwin was highly curious about the natural world

b)

Darwin collected many specimens over his lifetime, including rocks, shells, beetles, plants, and more.

c)

Darwin circumnavigated the world for 5 years aboard the HMS Beagle

d)

Darwin loved learning about blood, surgeries, and medicine which is why he became a medical doctor.

15.

Fossils are able to provide exact dates that organisms lived in the past.

a)

True

b)

False