Unit 10 Evolution MHS

Can an individual organism evolve in it's lifetime?

• Yes

• No

What is survival of the fittest?

• The name of newest movie in the Marvel Universe

• Organisms who evolve fastest are best

• Animals who have the biggest muscles are the fittest

• Organisms with the best fitness pass on their traits

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Which of the following organisms have the most recent common ancestor?

Animal A: AGC GCC TAC

Animal B: AGC AAC AGG

Animal C: AGC GCG TAC

• A and B

• A and C

• B and C

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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

• Dark (moth on the left)

• Peppered (moth on the right)

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The name of the process by which living organisms gradually have speciated from earlier living organisms (common ancestors).

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Variation

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The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Variation

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The process that drives evolution.

• Fitness

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Variation

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Select all three processes that are needed for natural selection to occur.

• Differences in fitness

• Adaptation

• Variation

• Heritability of traits

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Which best describes mutations?

• Always Helpful

• Can be helpful, harmful, or neutral

• Always neutral

• Always harmful

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