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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is an adaptation?
a change in the characteristics of a population from one generation to the next
the selecting of traits that are more favorable in a given environment under certain conditions
an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a population’s ability to survive
an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in a given environment under current condition
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about protists is not true?
Most of them live in water.
Some of them cause disease in humans.
They contain genetic material.
Their cells have no nucleus.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of a population?
All of the trees in a given area
All of the trees and soil in a given area
The trees together with the organisms that live in them
All of the blue jays living in a given area
- 4. Multiple Choice
What characteristic of cells is unique to animal cells?
Having a nucleus
Having a cell wall
Absence of a nucleus
Absence of a cell wall
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these phrases does not describe part of the process of evolution by natural selection?
The environment contains limited resources
Organisms produce more offspring than will survive and reproduce
Communities include populations of several species
Organisms in a population differ in their traits
- 6. Multiple Choice
The overuse of pesticides and antibiotics has led to the rise in ____________________.
resistance
adaptation
natural selection
artificial selection
- 7. Multiple Choice
Most of the energy of an ecosystem comes from ________________.
plants
the sun
animals
decomposers
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a role of bacteria in the environment?
Recycling of nutrients
Producing energy from the sun
Aiding some organisms in digestion
Breaking down of remains and waste
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a way that land animals are dependent on flowering plants?
Food
Decomposition
Building materials
Clothing materials
- 10. Multiple Choice
More _____________________ exist on Earth than any other type of animal.
fish
insects
humans
bacteria
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which statement best compares natural selection and artificial selection?
Both natural selection and artificial selection are man driven.
Both natural selection and artificial selection are nature driven.
Natural selection is man driven and artificial selection is nature driven.
Natural selection is nature driven and artificial selection is man driven.
- 12. Multiple Choice
An ecosystem is made up of biotic and abiotic factors. Biotic factors are known as _______________ organisms.
dead
living
nonliving
microscopic
- 13. Multiple Choice
Natural selection works on the basis that some _______________________ allow individuals to interact with the environment more effectively than other members of the population.
events
individuals
organisms
traits
- 14. Multiple Choice
What characteristic is unique to bacteria?
Having a nucleus
Having a cell wall
Absence of a nucleus
Absence of a cell wall
- 15. Multiple Choice
What differentiates one community from another community?
weather
temperature
species
landscape
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who is credited as being the Father of Evolution by natural selection?
Gregor Mendel
Louis Pasteur
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which type of protists are said to be the most important because of their ability to make their own food using energy from the sun?
Algae
Diatoms
Amoebas
Protozoans
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a characteristic of fungi?
Have thread-like bodies
Have cell walls made of cellulose
Used in the production of some foods
Release chemicals to break down organic matter
- 19. Multiple Choice
In terms of evolution, at which ecological level does change occur from one generation to the next?
Individual
Population
Community
Ecosystem
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor?
air
grass
bacteria
dead log
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which statement best summarizes the process of natural selection?
a change in the characteristics of a population from one generation to the next
an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in a given environment under current conditions
the traits that allow some individuals to be more likely to survive a given environment rather than individuals with other traits
the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring than less adapted individuals do
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which division of plants is the most advanced: has a vascular system, reproduces with pollen, produces seeds, has flowers?
Mosses
Ferns
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms
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