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Natural Selection
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1) The father of the theory of evolution
A
Carl Linnaeus
B
Gregor Mendel
C
Charles Darwin
D
Stephen Hawking
2) Changes in populations that occur when conditions favor one variation over another is
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mimicry
B
natural selection
C
artificial selection
D
homologous structures
3) A structural adaptation that enables one species to resemble another species
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mimicry
B
biochemistry
C
fossils
D
artificial selection
4) A body structure in present day organism that no longer serves it original purpose, but was probably useful to an ancestor
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vestigial structure
B
biochemistry structure
C
homologous structure
D
analogous structure
5) The hypothesis that species originated through a gradual change in adaptations
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homologous structures
B
analogous structure
C
gradualism
D
speciation
6) When a species evolves into an array of species to fit a number of diverse habitats
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covergent evolution
B
polyploidy
C
adaptive radiation
D
ecology
7) Structural features with a common evolution such as the bones in a bird's wing, a whale flipper, or a human arm
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vestigial structure
B
genetic drift
C
homologous structures
D
analogous structures
8) an adaptation that enables species to blend with their surroundings
A
fossils
B
camouflage
C
adaptive radiation
D
mimicry
9) the place where Darwin studied many species of animals and plants in his study of evolution
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Australia
B
Madagascar
C
Africa
D
Galapagos
10) Alteration of allele frequency by chance events where one gene becomes more common
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genetic drift
B
speciation
C
mimicry
D
ecology
11) the term that means change is
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evolution
B
ecology
C
camoflauge
D
polyploidy
12) a pattern of evolution in which distantly related organisms evolve similar traits like insect wings and bird wings
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speciation
B
convergent evolution
C
reproductive isolation
D
mimicry
13) the idea that evolution occurs relatively quickly , in rapid burss, with long periods of genetic equilibrium in between
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gradualism
B
geographic isolation
C
punctuated equilibrium
D
reproductive isolation
14) when nattural selection favors one of the extreme variations such as longer than average bird beaks
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geographic isolation
B
speciation
C
directional selection
D
artificial selection
15) when a population gets separated into 2 or more groups by a physical barrier
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natural selection
B
gradualism
C
geographic isolation
D
speciation
16) when the frequency of alleles remains the same over generations
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genetic equilibrium
B
geographic isolation
C
disruptive selection
D
genetic drift
17) A king snake looking like a coral snake is an example of
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mimicry
B
adaptive radiation
C
natural selection
D
camoflauge
18) The peppered moths change from mostly white moths to mostly black moths due to the darkening of the tree bark is an example of
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genetic equilibrium
B
adaptive radiation
C
natural selection
D
artificial selection
19) The lab we did with the beans for bunnies was to demonstrate
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mimicry
B
natural selection
C
ecology
D
speciation
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