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Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction 

• Artificial Selection

An error in DNA copying that results in a new trait

• Homeostasis

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

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A new river forms and splits two populations, causing ______________ speciation

• Sympatric

• Allopatric

• Extreme

• Convergent

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The formation of a new species is called

• Natural selection

• Struggle for existence

• Speciation

• Darwinism

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The emergence of a mountain range is an event that would lead to _______________ speciation

• Allopatric

• Sympatric

• Temporal

• Behavioral

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When the Grand Canyon in Arizona formed, two populations of one squirrel species were separated by the giant canyon. This is an example of _____________ speciation.

• Allopatric

• Sympatric

• Simple

• Divergent

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

• homologous

• vestigial

• variation

• adaptation

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Mechanism of evolution responsible for a random change in a population is known as:

• Speciation

• Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Variation

The combined genetic information of all memebers of a particular population forms a:

• gene pool

• allele frequency

• phenotype

• population

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Introduce new alleles

• Small population size

• Non random mating

• Mutations

• None

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