Evolution and Classification Bio Test Review

Who described the process of natural selection as a mechanism for evolution in populations?

• Jean Babtiste Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Carolus Linnaeus

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Who designed the system of taxonomic groupings as well as binomial nomenclature?

• Jean Babtiste Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Carolus Linnaeus

A structure or behavior that helps an organism to survive and/or reproduce is a(n)

• adaptation

• artificial selection

• vestigial structure

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Natural selection only works

• on an individual

• if there are predators in the population

• if a population has genetic variation

• when the environment does not change much

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If natural selection favors the average individuals of a population in an example of _____________.

• stabilizing selection

• directional selection

• disruptive selection

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This type of natural selection causes a shift in the population so that more individuals have an extreme variation of a trait.

• stabilizing selection

• directional selection

• disruptive selection

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If natural selection favors both extremes for a trait, and the average individuals are at a disadvantage, that is

• stabilizing selection

• directional selection

• disruptive selection

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An adaptation that gives an organism a survival advantage because it looks like another species that is poisonous or dangerous.

• camouflage

• mimicry

• artificial selection

• homologous structure

An adaptation that gives an organism a survival advantage because it blends into the surroundings, making it difficult for predators to see.

• camouflage

• mimicry

• artificial selection

• homologous structure

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A structure (such as the human tail bone) that is no longer used by an organism, but is still present because an ancestor species used it is a(n)

• Vestigial structures

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

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