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- 1. Multiple Choice
1. The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called
natural selection
Artificial selection
random selection
genetic manipulation
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is an example of artificial selection?
Letting dogs choose their own mate
Letting plants pollinate on their own
Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle
- 3. Multiple Choice
Artificial selection is also known as
natural selection
selective hearing
genetic manipulation
selective breeding
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAre all mutations bad?YesNo
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhere the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.EvolutionNatural SelectionExtinctionArtifical Selection
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy 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.Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceNatural selection is when ____________ decides who survives and who doesn'tnaturehumansanimalsyears
- 8. Multiple Choice
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 mothLight mothBoth will be equally successfulNeither will be successful - 9. Multiple ChoiceWhere humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.EvolutionNatural SelectionExtinctionArtificial Selection
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAn error in DNA copying that results in a new traitHomeostasisMutationNatural SelectionSelective Breeding
- 11. Multiple Choice
A new river forms and splits two populations, causing ______________ speciation
Sympatric
Allopatric
Extreme
Convergent
- 12. Multiple Choice
The formation of a new species is called
Natural selection
Struggle for existence
Speciation
Darwinism
- 13. Multiple Choice
The emergence of a mountain range is an event that would lead to _______________ speciation
Allopatric
Sympatric
Temporal
Behavioral
- 14. Multiple Choice
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
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is another name for natural selection?
survival of the smartest
survival of the fastest
survival of the biggest
survival of the fittest
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?
homologous
vestigial
variation
adaptation
- 17. Multiple Choice
Mechanism of evolution responsible for a random change in a population is known as:
Speciation
Selection
Genetic Drift
Variation
- 18. Multiple Choice
The combined genetic information of all memebers of a particular population forms a:
gene pool
allele frequency
phenotype
population
- 19. Multiple Choice
Introduce new alleles
Small population size
Non random mating
Mutations
None
- 20. Multiple Choice
The formation of new species
Speciation
Evolution
Natural selection
Mutations
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