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Microevolution

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Over the years, white mice became extinct and darker mice survived. This is

a)

stabilizing selection

b)

directional selection

c)

disruptive selection

d)

due to exercise

2.

What type of selection occurs when average phenotypes are favored in the environment, while extremes have lower survival rates?

a)

seasonal selection

b)

distruptive selection

c)

directional selection

d)

stabilizing selection

3.

What type of isolation occurs when two populations of the same species are separated by land barriers like rivers or mountains?

a)

geographical isolation

b)

temporal isolation

c)

adaptive ratiation

d)

behavioral isolaton

4.

What type of isolation occurs when two populations of the same species do not have the same mating rituals or signals?

a)

geographical isolation

b)

temporal isolation

c)

adaptive ratiation

d)

behavioral isolaton

5.

All the genes, including all the different alleles for each gene, that are present in a population at any one time

a)

allele

b)

gene pool

c)

genome

d)

mitosis

6.

Occurs when a small group of individuals colonizes a new habitat.

a)

Gene Pool

b)

Mitosis

c)

Speciation

d)

Founders Effect

7.

A natural disaster leads to a severe reduction in population.

a)

Gene Pool

b)

Bottleneck Effect

c)

Founders Effect

d)

Gene Frequency

8.

What type of selection occurs when the extreme population phenotypes are favored by the environment?

a)

Disruptive Selection

b)

Directional Selection

c)

Stabilizing Selection

d)

All of the above

9.
"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory
a)

Natural selection

b)

Patterns of Inheritance

c)

Heredity

d)

Gene pool

10.
Modern whales developed their traits through natural selection.  What occurs during the process of natural selection?
a)
Organisms choose mates from other species to create new species
b)
Breeders selectively cross organisms with desired traits
c)
Only the fittest organisms can survive and reproduce
d)
Organisms remain exactly the same over time.
11.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
12.
The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)
a)
change
b)
adaption
c)
species
d)
variation
13.

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce is known as?

a)

Adaptation

b)

Trait

c)

Fitness

d)

Variation

14.
Any variation that can help a species survive in a given environment is called...
a)
an adapatation
b)
a characteristic
c)
a homologous structure
d)
a vestigial structure
15.
What type of selection is depicted in the picture? 
a)
stabilizing 
b)
directional 
c)
disruptive 
d)
the answer is not here
16.
What type of selection?
a)
Directional 
b)
Stabilizing
c)
Disruptive
17.

Robins typically lay four eggs. If more than four eggs are produced, the baby chicks are malnourished, while smaller egg numbers result in no viable (able to live) baby chicks. This is an example of what type of selection?

a)

stabilizing

b)

disruptive

c)

direction

d)

none of the above

18.

Only populations can evolve. Individuals cannot evolve.

a)

True

b)

False

19.
If finches with large beaks and finches with small beaks increase in a population while finches with average sized beaks decreases, which pattern of natural selection has occurred?
a)
Directional selection
b)
Disruptive selection 
c)
Stabilizing selection
20.

What type of natural selection is this?

a)

Disruptive Selection

b)

Directional Selection

c)

Stabilizing Selection

d)

Natural Selection

21.
What is the correct explanation for what is happening in this graph?
a)
There are a lot of average-sized beaks
b)
There are no beaks
c)
There are a lot of small beaks only
d)
There are a lot of small and large beaks, but not average-sized ones
22.
A few deer wander out of their native woods into a completely new park where no deer had ever been before. They go on to create an entirely new population.
a)
Genetic Drift
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Non-random mating
d)
Mutation
23.

If all 5 Hardy-Weinberg assumptions are true, a population is said to be in genetic equilibrium. This means

a)

it is evolving

b)

it is not evolving

24.

Which Hardy-Weinberg condition is violated when there are very few tortoises in the population of an island?

a)

Large Population

b)

No immigration/emigration

c)

No random mating

d)

No mutation

25.

Which Hardy-Weinberg condition is violated when a young male lion leaves his pride and enters another?

a)

No mutation

b)

No immigration/ emigration

c)

No natural selection

d)

Large population

26.

Which Hardy-Weinberg condition is violated when a female peacock chooses a male based on his tail size?

a)

Random mating

b)

No immigration/ emigration

c)

No natural selection

d)

large population

27.

Which of the following Hardy Weinberg conditions is NOT met in this situation? A black moth blends in with a darkened tree trunk better than a peppered moth making it harder to see.

a)

Large Population

b)

No natural selection.

c)

No immigration/ emigration

d)

Random mating

28.

What does the image represent?

a)

Founder effect

b)

Bottleneck effect

c)

Mutation

d)

Natural Selection

29.

How does gene shuffling increase genetic variation?

a)

By causing mutations

b)

By adding new alleles.

c)

By recombining existing alleles to create new combinations.

d)

By acting upon the phenotypes.

30.

Can natural selection act directly upon genotypes?

a)

Yes, it only acts upon genotypes.

b)

No, it only acts upon phenotypes.

31.

What can happen to a population after disruptive selection?

a)

The population can split into two new species.

b)

Most of the population dies.

c)

The population is at equilibrium.

d)

The population stays the same size.

32.

What will happen to the population after stabilizing selection?

a)

The traits at the extremes increase.

b)

The population moves towards the average trait while the extreme traits are lost.

c)

The population will become divided into two new species.

d)

The population won't change.

33.

How does natural selection change the gene pool?

a)

It doesn't.

b)

By introducing new alleles into the population.

c)

Through separation of species.

d)

By introducing new phenotypes.

34.

What type of Isolation occurs when two flowers bloom at different times?

a)

Mechanical Isolation

b)

Behavioral Isolation

c)

Temporal Isolation

d)

Geographic Isolation

35.

How does geographic isolation cause gene pools to remain separate?

a)

Different behaviors keep organisms from breeding.

b)

The organisms are physically separated by a barrier.

c)

The physiology keeps them from mating.

d)

Time separates the organisms from their mating seasons.

36.

How does mechanical isolation prevent organisms from interbreeding?

a)

Different behaviors keep organisms from breeding.

b)

The organisms are physically separated by a barrier.

c)

Their physiology keeps them from mating.

d)

Time separates the organisms from their mating seasons.

37.

How does behavioral isolation prevent organisms from mating?

a)

Different behaviors keep organisms from breeding.

b)

The organisms are physically separated by a barrier.

c)

Their physiology keeps them from mating.

d)

Time separates the organisms from their mating seasons.

38.

What must happen for two populations to become new species?

a)

They must become separated.

b)

They must all undergo a mutation.

c)

Each individual must evolve.

d)

All individuals must colonize a new habitat.

39.

Both a yellow and green beetle of the same species live in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

a)

The green population increases and the yellow decreases.

b)

Both populations should stay the same.

c)

Both populations will increase.

d)

The green population decreases and the yellow increases.

40.

TRUE or FALSE: Natural selection will still occur if each individual has the same exact traits

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

41.

How do you "win" at natural selection?

a)

survive

b)

go extinct

c)

survive & reproduce

42.

Due to pollution, a pond becomes darker over time. Which trait variation became more common?

a)

Light-skinned fish

b)

Dark-skinned fish

c)

The population's skin would stay the same color.

43.
Why is the mouse population changing over time?
a)
The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
b)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
c)
The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
d)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily
44.
What process is being shown in this image?
a)
Variation
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Selective Breeding
d)
Homeostasis
45.
Which organisms are most likely to survive?
a)
the best adapted
b)
the fastest
c)
the strongest
d)
the most domesticated (tamed)
46.
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
a)
Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
b)
Because they come from dominant alleles.
c)
Because they come from recessive alleles.
d)
Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
47.
Mutations are a change in what?
a)
DNA
b)
tRNA
c)
genotype
d)
phenotype
48.
These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Variation
c)
Homeostasis
d)
Extinction
49.
Dogs such as Chihuahuas are examples of....
a)
Artificial Selection 
b)
Natural Selection 
c)
Mutations 
50.
Evolution typically happens...
a)
in a few weeks
b)
over millions of years
c)
never
d)
in 100 years