Microevolution and Macroevolution

What type of fossils provide evidence for evolution?

• Broken Ones

• Transitional

• Adaptational

• Vestigial

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Two organisms that are closely related would have

• very similar DNA sequence

• exactly the same DNA sequences

• no proteins in common

• completely different DNA sequence

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Microevolution happens in

• species

• individuals

• populations

• households

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Which of the following statements accurately describes the role of mutations in evolution

• Mutations are the raw material for evolution, but most mutations do not result in evolution.

• Most mutations result in a species becoming more dangerous or aggressive.

• An organisms can decide to mutate if the environment makes a mutation necessary for survival.

• Mutations are almost always beneficial for an individual.

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A process that is driven by the following factors: the production of a large number of offspring; natural variation within a population; limited resources and the struggle for

survival; and selection by the environment for those traits that enable the individual to survive and reproduce.

• natural selection

• adaptation

• mutation

• artificial selection

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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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Which organism goes in the B position?

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A change in an organism caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome.

• mutation

• fixation

• adaptation

• evolution

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Which of the following best describes microevolution?

• A) Changes in allele frequencies within a population over time

• B) The emergence of new species from existing ones

• C) Large-scale evolutionary changes that occur over long periods

• D) The extinction of species

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What is a key difference between microevolution and macroevolution?

• A) Microevolution occurs at the species level, while macroevolution occurs at the population level

• B) Microevolution involves small genetic changes, while macroevolution involves large-scale changes

• C) Microevolution is driven by natural selection, while macroevolution is not

• D) Microevolution results in new species, while macroevolution does not

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