Evolution Quiz

Which of the following is true?

• Gene pool frequencies do not change as a result of migration in or out of a population.

• Gene flow occurs only as a result of isolation of a small population.

• Gene flow can cause new alleles to enter a population's gene pool.

• Gene flow is due the the selection of the most favorable traits.

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According to this data, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to: 

• Species I

• Species II

• Species III

• Species IV

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What process is being shown in this image?

• Variation

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

• Homeostasis

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Which of the following is a fossil?

• a plant that has recently died

• a group of organisms that can reproduce

• a structure or organ that no longer functions

• a trace of an organisms that existed in the past

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Mutations can benefit humans because they can:

• Cause illness

• Make an organism more suited to live in its environment.

• Make organisms live shorter lives

• Cause organisms to grow extra limbs.

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

• Speciation

• Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Variation

Situation in which allele frequencies change as aresult of the migration of small subgroup of a population is known as:

• founder effect

• genetic bottleneck

• random mating

• natural selection

A virus killed most of the seals in the North Sea (e.g. dropped the population from    8000 to 800).  In an effort to help preserve the species, scientists caught 20 of the   remaining seals and used them to start a new population in the northwest Pacific   Ocean.  Which of the following statements would accurately describe the new   population?  

• The new seal population is genetically less diverse than the original population 

• The new seal population is genetically more diverse than the original population

• There is equal genetic variety compared  to the original population 

• None of the answers

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Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures in various species?

• fossil record

• comparing embryology

• comparing biochemistry

• comparing anatomy

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 

• Variation 

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection 

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