Unit 6 Evolution assessment 5/12/25

What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?

• Light moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

• Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population increase

• Light moths--hunted easily, light moths--population increase

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

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.

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According to natural selection, light colored tree trunks would favor

• light colored moths

• dark colored moths

• red colored moths

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Mutations are important because they bring about

• death of the organism in which they develop

• genetic variation needed for a population to evolve

• benefits for the individual, not for the population

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The similarities of the bones in the diagram provide evidence that---

• The organisms shown lived in the same natural envionrment
• The organisms shown may have developed from a common ancestor
• The organisms shown have the same genetic diseases

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Which of the following are homologous structures?

• whale flipper and bat wing

• legs on a beetle and legs on a cat

• Fish without eyes & fish with eyes.

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A bat wing and a butterfly wing are both used for flying but they are made differently. What type of structure is this?

• Homologous structure

• Analogous structure

• Vestigial structure

A human arm and a whale fin have similar bone structure but the whale fin is used for swimming and the arm is used for reaching and grabbing. What type of structures are these?

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial structures

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What type of evidence is shown with the diagram above?

• Molecular

• Anatomical

• Embryological

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A speciation in which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the SAME geographic region.

• Sympatric speciation

• Allopatric speciation

• Complex speciation

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