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Melanin Mini Unit Assessment

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Match the following terms with their correct definitions:

Change over time

Evolution

Organisms that are best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more than others

Natural Selection

All of an organism's genetic material

Genome

2.

Variation is defined as:

a)

a change or slight difference in condition, amount, or a phenotype in an organism

b)

a complete absence of change.

c)

a random occurrence with no pattern.

d)

a fixed and unchanging state.

3.

Overproduction in biological terms refers to:

a)

The production of more offspring than can survive.

b)

The production of fewer offspring than can survive.

c)

The production of exactly the number of offspring that can survive.

d)

The production of offspring without any survival challenges.

4.

__________________ in biology is a concept that explains the interaction between organisms or species, in which the fitness of one is lowered by the presence of another. What does this concept describe?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Competition

d)

Commensalism

5.

A protein is made up of:

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

amino acids

6.

What are the 5 types of evidence for evolution?

a)

Fossil records, comparative anatomy (homologous structures), biochemical information, embryology, and vestigial structures

b)

Fossil records, astrology, genetic information, embryology, and biogeography

c)

Fossil records, comparative anatomy, mythology, embryology, and biogeography

d)

Fossil records, comparative anatomy (homologous structures), genetic information, astrology, and biogeography

7.

What are vestigial structures?

a)

Structures that have lost their original function through evolution

b)

Structures that are newly developed in an organism

c)

Structures that are essential for survival

d)

Structures that are unique to a particular species

8.

What are homologous structures?

a)

Structures that are similar in different species because they were inherited from a common ancestor.

b)

Structures that perform the same function in different species but are not derived from a common ancestor.

c)

Structures that are completely different in form and function across species.

d)

Structures that are artificially created in a laboratory setting.

9.

Fill in the blank: ______ are different versions of genes.

a)

alleles

b)

chromosomes

c)

proteins

d)

cells

10.

Cyte- means

a)

Melanin

b)

Cell

c)

Nucleus

d)

Vitamin D

e)

A place or location