Intro to Evolution

What is the process by which populations change over time?

• Adaptation
• Phylogeny
• Evolution
• Biogeography

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When evolution occurs, what is evolving?

• individuals during their life time

• the living and non-living things in the environment

• populations over several generations

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Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: 
variations within populations

• Darwin 
• Lamarck

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What do we call differences among heritable traits?

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Evolution
• Speciation

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Who would have stated "acquired traits" such as a giraffe needing a long neck so they stretch it over time

• Darwin

• Lamarck

In recent years "SuperBugs" (bacteria that aren't effected by antibiotics) are becoming more and more common. How could natural selection explain this?

• Superbugs survive antibiotics and reproduce
• Antibiotics cause bacteria to become superbugs
• We have always had the same amount of superbugs; modern media just discusses them more.
• There is no reliable data on the origin of super bugs.

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How do you "win" at natural selection?

• survive

• go extinct

• survive & reproduce

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

• The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
• The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
• The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth
• Light moth
• Both will be equally successful
• Neither will be successful

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Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth
• Light moth
• Both will be equally successful
• Neither will be successful

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