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Bio 9 - Evolution by Natural Selection

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Evolution is the cumulative change in the (a)   characteristics of a population

2.

The population, not the individual, evolves

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which terms describes the different traits in a population?

a)

Diversity

b)

Differences

c)

Mutation

d)

Variation

4.

In the environment there is/are...

a)

a struggle for survival

b)

many resources

c)

little competion

d)

human intervention

5.

(click all that apply) A population consists of:

a)

members of the same species

b)

all the individuals of different species in a place

c)

interbreeding individuals

d)

all the individual members of a species around the world

6.

When producing offspring, a population makes:

a)

Too many

b)

Too few

c)

Just enough

7.

In a population there is variation. This means that individuals with...

a)

advantageous traits survive

b)

disadvantageous traits survive

c)

luck survive

8.

Individuals in a population who survive the selective pressures will

a)

reproduce

b)

migrate

c)

evolve

d)

mutate

9.

After a reproduction in a population there will be a(n)

a)

increased frequency of advantageous traits

b)

increased frequency of disadvantageous traits

c)

decreased frequency of advantageous traits

d)

random frequency of all traits

10.

After forests in England became polluted and sooty, the population of peppered moths showed

a)

An increase in white variants

b)

An increase in dark variants

c)

No change

11.

___ ____ is the process by which evolution occurs

(a)  

12.

For evolution to occur which of the following is necessary?

a)

Variantion in the population

b)

Reproduction

c)

A stable environment

d)

"Survival of the fittest"