Evolution
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- Q1Individuals in a population that have a variation which gives them an advantage in their environment are more likely to ...change their characteristics to fit the environmentsurvive and reproducemove to a different environmentsurvive and reproduce30s
- Q2Some lizards have different size legs. Lizards with longer legs are able to better access food. Overtime Lizards with short legs became less common. What is the inherited variation?lizzardtail sizeleg sizefood30s
- Q3Mutations are a change in what?DNAtRNAgenotypephenotype30s
- Q4Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?Because they come from recessive allelesBecause the trait is an acquired phenotypeBecause they come from dominant allelesBecause they are more likely to survive and reproduce30s
- Q5What is suggested by the similarity of early embryos of different species of vertebrates?recent common ancestryevolution from a distant common ancestorsimilar environments in the pastno evolutionary relationships between the groups30s
- Q6What is the entire collection of genes in a population?gene frequencypopulationgene poolgene flow30s
- Q7When there is a random change in the gene pool.bottleneck effectgenetic driftgene frequencyfounder effect30s
- Q8Similarities and differences in Hemoglobin (an important protein in red blood cells) between chimpanzees and humans have been collected and studied. This type of evidence supporting common ancestry is referred to as __________ evidence.structuralanotomicalbiochemicalphysiological30s
- Q9The concept of genetic bottlenecks includes which of the following?extensive gene flowa loss of genetic diversity in descendant populationsincreased ability to resist new diseasessharing of genetic material between two populations30s
- Q10This enables an animal to hide from predators or preycamouflageherbivoremimicrywarning coloration30s
- Q11seasonal movement of animals to find food, lay eggs, give birth, breed, etc.warning colorationmigrationsocial interactionlearned behavior30s
- Q12Everything that makes up an animal's body and helps it to survivebehavioral adaptationphysical adaptationmimicrylearned behavior30s
- Q13Which are the following are types of genetic variationall of the abovegene flowsex/crossing overmutations30s
- Q14The process by which new species evolve from ancestral speciesspeciesgeographic isolationgeographic barrierspeciation30s
- Q15A deep sleep that allows some animals to survive through the wintercamouflagehibernationsocial interactionlearned behavior30s