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WorksheetsAP Bio: Natural Selection
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Define directional selection.
The majority is favored.
The minority is favored.
One of the extremes are favored.
Both of the extremes are favored.
Define disruptive selection.
One of the extremes are favored.
Both of the extremes are favored.
The majority is favored.
Extinction.
Define stabilizing selection.
The majority is favored.
The minority is favored.
The extremes are favored.
One extreme is favored.
If you have both alleles, you can pass on the favorable one to your offspring so they will be successful
heterozygote advantage
homozygote advantage
Which one of these is not a type of isolation?
Habitat
Preference
Gametic
Temporal
What is parallel evolution?
When two species share the same slope
Two species stay the same over time
One species grows while the other shrinks
Two species merge together.
Which of these are vestigial traits in humans? (Select All)
eye color
tailbone
appendix
adam's apple
Which of these are prezygotic forms of evolution? Select all.
Sterile offspring
Habitat isolation
Gametic isolation
Hybrid inviability
Mutualism is...
both benefit
one benefits off the other
one benefits
no one benefits
Commensalism is...
One benefits, the other is not affected
No one benefits
Both benefit
One benefits off the other
Parasitism is...
No one benefits
One benefits off the other
One benefits
Both benefit
Why can an individual organism not evolve?
They can.
Because Mr. Hainey said so.
Evolution happens within multiple generations.
They need to level up first.
(a) was one of the first to believe in the theory of evolution.
The Darwinian view of life and evolution is...
A tree
A straight line
A circle
A triangle
Is natural selection considered a creating force or an editing force?
Creating
Editing
What is a vestigial structure?
A structure that went away over time
A structure found in many different species
What is a homologous structure?
A structure that went away over time
A structure found in many different species
Which of these are homologous structures?
Human arm, bat wing
Human leg, bat wing
Human finger, dolphin tail
Which of these is NOT a requirement for the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
No mutations
Many mutations
Random mating
No genetic flow
Natural selection occurs on populations, not (a) .
Natural selection acts on (a) frequencies
Allopatric speciation is a species created...
within the original population
due to geological barriers
Sympatric speciation is a species created...
within the original population
due to geological barriers
Which of these is NOT a way species change over time
Genetic drift
Founder effect
Bottleneck
Lack of mutations
Genetic (a) is the transfer of alleles or genes from one population to another
Genetic (a) is the
chance that the frequency of an allele changes
Which of these means that some type of catastrophe wipes out a large segment of a population and survivors are not a representation of the original population
Founder effect
Bottleneck
Genetic Drift
Mutation
Convergent and divergent evolution are both usually due to changes in the (a) .
Which of these is a type of isolation defined by postzygotic means?
Hybrid inviability
Mechanical isolation
Habitat isolation
Behavioral isolation
Which of these is NOT a way to determine common ancestry?
Homologous structures
Common habitat
Analogous structures
DNA evidence
Which of these are part of the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
Small population
Large population
No mutations
Many mutations
What do cladograms NOT show?
Number of shared characteristics
When characteristics developed
How closely organisms are related
Number of organisms alive today
What is the most optimal way to determine common ancestry?
Create a cladogram
Embryological evidence
Vestigial structures
Common habitat
Cladogenesis is when a species is (a)
Anagenesis is the (a) species.
