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- Q 1/26Score 0Darwin’s theory of evolution is based on the idea(s) of29use and disusea tendency toward perfect, unchanging species.natural variation and natural selection.the transmission of acquired characteristics
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- Q1Darwin’s theory of evolution is based on the idea(s) ofuse and disusea tendency toward perfect, unchanging species.natural variation and natural selection.the transmission of acquired characteristics300s
- Q2Which of the following statements describe what all members of a population share?They are members of the same species.They are geographically isolated from each other.They have identical genes.They are temporally isolated from each other.300s
- Q3When the individuals at only one end of a bell shaped curve of phenotype frequencies have high fitness the result is shown on this graphstabilizing selectiongenetic driftdirectional selectiondisruptive selection120s
- Q4When the average on a bell shaped curve shifts to the right or left you have an example ofstabilizing selectiondisruptive selectiondirectional selectiongenetic drift120s
- Q5The following graph representsdirectional selectionstabilizing selectiongenetic driftdisruptive selection120s
- Q6When individuals with an average form of a trait have the highest fitness, the result isdisruptive selectionnot predictabledirectional selectionStabilizing selection120s
- Q7As the average population increases and the extreme portions of the population decrease you create adirectional selectionStabilizing selectiondisruptive selectionnot predictable300s
- Q8This graph represents thedisruptive selectionStabilizing selectiondirectional selectionnot predictable300s
- Q9This graph represents thenot predictablestabilizing selectiondirectional selectionDisruptive selection300s
- Q10When the average population dies off and the extreme populations grow you createnot predictablestabilizing selectiondirectional selectionDisruptive selection300s
- Q11The species of finches that Charles Darwin found on the Galápagos Islands displayed different structural adaptations. One of the adaptations that Darwin noted was thethe genetic mutationsbirds’ different-shaped beaksthe length of the birds travelssimilarities of the birds' embryos300s
- Q12When wolves prey on a fluffle (colony) of bunnies, some bunnies are killed and some escape. Which part of Darwin’s concept of natural selection might be used to describe this situation?reproductive isolationdescent with modificationssurvival of the fittestacquired characteristics300s
- Q13Darwin’s concept of evolution was NOT influenced byknowledge about the structure of DNA.his collection of specimens.the work of Charles Lyellhis trip on the H.M.S. Beagle.300s
- Q14The type of genetic drift that follows the colonization of a new habitat by a small group of individuals is calledthe founder effectstabilizing selectiondirectional selectionthe bottleneck effect300s
- Q15The situation in which allele frequencies of a population remain constant is calledgenetic equilibriumnatural selectiongenetic driftevolution300s
