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BIOLOGY 17.1-20.2

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process that results in the adaptation of an organism to its environment by selectively reproducing changes in its genotype. (Genetic conditional constitution) There are 3 types.

Hint: It’s natural to change genotypes!

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Adaptation

c)

Artificial selection

d)

Disruptive selection

2.

A random change in allele frequency.

a)

Genetic Drift

b)

Bottleneck effect

c)

Natural selection

d)

Founder effect

3.

An event that causes a species to decrease/go away.

a)

Bottleneck effect

b)

Founder effect

c)

Genetic Drift

d)

Natural selection

4.

Where species start a new location/life

a)

Founder effect

b)

Genetic drift

c)

Bottle neck effect

d)

Natural selection

5.

What codes for a trait. Ex. A color of a ladybug

a)

Allele

b)

Clade

c)

Fitness

6.

What of the following is not one of the 3 things Darwin discovered?

a)

Species vary globally

b)

Species vary locally

c)

Species vary overtime

d)

They all are correct

7.

Had the idea that the earth is old, that rocks, hills, and other surface formations change over time, and the earth is more than a thousand years old.

a)

James Hutton

b)

Charles Lyell

c)

Jean-babtiste Lamarck

d)

Thomas Malthus

8.

Theory of UNIFORMITARISM

The shape of the earths crust was the result of tiny changes occurring over millions of years

All rivers start at a high point and flow down to lower points

The flow causes topology

a)

Charles Lyell

b)

Thomas Malthus

c)

James Hutton

d)

Jean-babtiste Lamarck

9.

Theory that living things changed overtime

Believed that organisms can change by not using or using certain parts of their body

His theory is proven wrong

a)

James Hutton

b)

Charles Lyell

c)

Jean-babtiste Lamark

d)

Thomas Malthus

10.

Theorized that the birth rate exceeded the death rate they would then run out of resources

Applied his theory to animals and plants

a)

James hutton

b)

Charles lyell

c)

Jean-babtiste Lamark

d)

Thomas Malthus

11.

Formula for Allele frequency

a)

p + q = 1

b)

p² + 2pq + q² = 1

12.

Formula for Genotype frequency

a)

p + q = 1

b)

p² + 2pq + q² = 1

13.

If 2 populations become reproductively isolated their gene pools can diverge, producing new species

(a)  

14.

Put the following in order based of the way fossils are preserved in sedimentary rock

A. Water carries small rock particles to lakes and se-as

B. Dead organisms are buried by layers of sedimen-ts

C. The preserved remains may later be discovered and studied

a)

CAB

b)

ABC

c)

BAC

d)

BCA

15.

Major evolutionary change

(a)  

16.

The P^2 stands for

a)

Homozygous dominant

b)

Homozygous recessive

c)

Heterozygous

17.

The Pq stands for

a)

Homozygous dominant

b)

Homozygous recessive

c)

Heterozygous

18.

The q stands for

a)

Homozygous dominant

b)

Homozygous recessive

c)

Heterozygous