Mutations and Evolution

Which word refers to the process by which populations change over time?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Darwinism

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What is the process by which organisms that inherit advantageous traits tend to reproduce more successfully than other organisms do?

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Darwinism

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______________ is another word for an evolutionary tree.

• pictogram

• histogram

• cladogram

• phenogram

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What kind of mutations exist?

• neutral mutations

• all of these

• beneficial mutations

• harmful mutations

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What is an example of a beneficial mutation?

• ability to digest milk

• cancer

• hemophilia (condition where blood doesn't clot)

• none of the above

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SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Mutations can be...

• Harmful

• Beneficial

• Neutral

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TRUE / FALSE: Mutations are often spontaneous--nothing in particular causes them, they just happen.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Mutations change...

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

• Organelles

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TRUE / FALSE: Mutations can change the way an organism looks

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Beneficial, harmful or neutral mutation (see image)

• Beneficial

• Harmful

• Neutral

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