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Variation & Evolution (KS5)

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does this picture show?

a)

Allopatric speciation

b)

Natural selection

c)

Genetic drift

d)

Founder effect

e)

Sympatric speciation

2.

What process led to the formation of these two species?

a)

Allopatric speciation

b)

Founder effect

c)

Genetic drift

d)

Sympatric speciation

e)

Heterozygote advantage

3.

What process is resulting in the divergence from the common ancestor?

a)

Mechanical isolation

b)

Gametic isolation

c)

Temporal isolation

d)

Behavioural isolation

e)

Hybrid sterility

4.

In what way are these two species reproductively isolated?

a)

Mechanical isolation

b)

Gametic isolation

c)

Behavioural isolation

d)

Geographic isolation

e)

Hybrid sterility

5.

Which of the following best describes this picture?

a)

Allopatric speciation

b)

Mechanical isolation

c)

Sympatric speciation

d)

Temporal isolation

e)

Gametic isolation

6.

Which of the following is acted on by a selection pressure?

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Allele frequency

d)

Gene pool

e)

Reproductive isolation

7.

On the Galapagos islands, different tortoise species have different shaped shells. Those living in lowland areas have saddle-back shells and long necks (as shown), whereas those living in the lush highland areas have dome-shaped shells and shorter necks.

Which TWO of the following describes the divergence of these species?

a)

Directional selection

b)

Stabilising selection

c)

Allopatric speciation

d)

Sympatric speciation

8.

What does this picture represent?

a)

Allopatric speciation

b)

Heterozygote advantage

c)

Genetic drift

d)

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

e)

Sympatric speciation

9.

Within a large, isolated population of butterflies with no selection pressures, the allele for brown colour is dominant over the allele for white colour. 40% of all butterflies are white.

What is the frequency of the homozygous dominant individuals?

a)

0.14

b)

0.37

c)

0.63

d)

0.60

10.

Who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of characteristics acquired during an organism's lifetime?

a)

Darwin

b)

Lamarck

c)

Wallace

d)

Linnaeus

e)

Lyell

11.

Which term refers to the divergence of multiple species from a single common ancestor?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Directional selection

c)

Stabilising selection

d)

Genetic drift

e)

Adaptive radiation

12.

Robins typically lay four eggs. Larger clutches may result in malnourished chicks, while smaller clutches may result in no viable offspring.

Which process does this exemplify?

a)

Stabilising selection

b)

Behavioural isolation

c)

Directional selection

d)

Gametic isolation

e)

Mechanical isolation

13.

The ability to taste PTC is due to a single, dominant allele, T. In a closed population, 215 individuals were sampled; 150 could detect the bitter taste of PTC, 65 could not.

Using this information, calculate the frequency of allele T.

a)

0.84

b)

0.70

c)

0.45

d)

0.55

14.

Which TWO phenomena are shown in this image?

a)

Speciation

b)

Reproductive isolation

c)

Gametic isolation

d)

Hybrid sterility

e)

Genetic drift

15.

Diagram shows the many species of cichlid fish that live in Lake Tanganyika. What process is shown by the diagram?

a)

Allopatric speciation

b)

Stabilising selection

c)

Behavioural isolation

d)

Adaptive radiation

e)

Temporal isolation

16.

Which of the following is not a source of interspecific competition?

a)

food

b)

nesting site

c)

light

d)

water

e)

mate