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Quizizz Processes of Evolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Yellow toucan birds seek out one another to make babies together and tend to avoid the green toucan birds.
a)
Genetic Drift
b)
Non-random mating
c)
Gene flow
d)
Mutation
2.
During gestation (pregnancy), a developing male pig had a change in his genetic code. The result was that he was able to walk and do karate.
a)
Genetic Drift
b)
Non-random mating
c)
Mutation
d)
Natural Selection
3.
Five hundred years after the deer had established a flourishing population in the park, a few of them venture back to their original woods and have babies with the deer there.
a)
Genetic Drift
b)
Mutations
c)
Non-random mating
d)
Gene flow
4.
Wolves from the Arizona mesa were transferred to the Colorado Rockies after a forest fire destroyed their habitat. They quickly became part of the local pack and had offspring.
a)
Mutation
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Genetic Drift
d)
Gene Flow
5.
7 Wild Mustangs were taken from the prairies of Iowa after a Texan Rancher purchased them and provided them with their own pasture. Those 7 Mustangs eventually became 122.
a)
Genetic Drift (small popultaion)
b)
Non-random mating
c)
Gene flow
d)
Mutations
6.
What does the image represent?
a)
Gene flow
b)
Gene drift
c)
Mutation
d)
Adaptation
7.
Gene Flow tends to ___________ genetic variation (diversity)
a)
Increase
b)
Decrease
c)
Stabilize
d)
Exaggerate 
8.

Bats are common in Texas, especially in rocky regions. Bats with longer hang claws have demonstrated higher fitness because of their ability to cling to rock while resting. This adaptation is becoming more frequent in the population. What mechanism of evolution is this?

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Non-random mating

c)

Gene Flow

d)

Genetic Drift

9.

According to the theory of natural selection, why are some individuals more likely than others to survive and reproduce?

a)

Some individuals pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes.

b)

Some individuals are better adapted to exist in their environment than others are.

c)

Some individuals do not pass on to their offspring new characteristics they have acquired during their lifetimes.

d)

Some individuals tend to produce fewer offspring than others in the same environment.

10.

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

11.

is when genes (peoples) come into or leave a population

a)

Genetic Drift

b)

Founder Effect

c)

Gene Flow

d)

Bottleneck

12.

Bahamian female birds preferred mating with white-feathered males and produces more white-feathered offspring than dark feathered offspring. Which process apples to this scenario?

a)

Gene Flow

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Mutation

d)

Non-Random Mating

13.

This is one of the mechanisms of evolution; it is a continuous process in which organisms with traits that make them better-adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than organisms without such adaptations

a)

Directional selection

b)

Microevolution

c)

Gene flow / genetic drift

d)

Natural selection

14.

This is the process that ultimately creates new variations and changes in DNA; leads to the creation of new alleles

a)

Mutation

b)

Microevolution

c)

Natural selection

d)

Gene flow / genetic drift

15.
Which mechanism of evolution is represented by the pinky finger?
a)
non-random mating
b)
natural selection
c)
population shrinks
d)
mutation
16.
Which mechanism of evolution is represented by the ring finger?
a)
non-random mating
b)
natural selection
c)
population shrinks
d)
mutation
17.
Which mechanism of evolution is represented by the middle finger?
a)
non-random mating
b)
natural selection
c)
population shrinks
d)
mutations
18.
Which mechanism of evolution is represented by the pointer finger?
a)
non-random mating
b)
natural selection
c)
population shrinks
d)
gene flow
19.
Which mechanism of evolution is represented by the thumb?
a)
non-random mating
b)
natural selection
c)
population shrinks
d)
gene flow
20.
What is a mechanism?
a)
a piece of metal in a machine
b)
a punnet square showing a cross between two parents
c)
a cladogram showing evolutionary relationships
d)
 process by which something takes place or is brought about

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