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Unit 5 Diversity

Quiz by Kyle Slusher

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  • Q1
    Who wrote about war and disease as human population controls and influenced Darwin?
    Lyell
    Malthus
    Wallace
    Hutton
    30s
  • Q2
    Evolution occurs at this level
    population
    individual
    gene
    30s
  • Q3
    Small populations experience wider swings in evolution, why?
    homozygous individules
    genetic drift
    lack of mutations
    gene flow
    30s
  • Q4
    The establishment of a new population on an island that diversifies.
    bottleneck effect
    natural selection
    founder effect
    artificial selection
    30s
  • Q5
    In a population of leeches birds tend to eat the medium sized individules this would result in
    artificial selection
    disruptive selection
    stabalizing selection
    directional selection
    30s
  • Q6
    A population of deer develops larger antlers over several generations
    disruptive selection
    directional selection
    stabalizing selection
    sexual selection
    30s
  • Q7
    A species of butterflies becomes resistant to the toxins produced by a plant. The plant develops thorns over the subsequent generations.
    coevolution
    adaptive radiation
    competition
    inbreeding
    30s
  • Q8
    Migration of alleles into or out of the population.
    Co-evolution
    Interbreeding
    Gene flow
    Stabilizing selection
    30s
  • Q9
    Sperm lack an enzyme that allows the egg to be fertilized.
    Behavioral isolation
    Gametic incompatibility
    Ecological isolation
    Hybrid inviability
    30s
  • Q10
    One species of bird feed in the trees while another feeds on the ground surrounding the tree.
    Ecological isolation
    Temporal isolation
    Geographic isolation
    Behavioral isolation
    30s
  • Q11
    A group of interbreeding individuals is isolated from another such similar group of interbreeding individuals.
    Species
    Tribe
    Genotype
    Community
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the most immediate cause of extinction
    Environmental change
    Disease
    Predation
    Competition
    30s
  • Q13
    Small changes in the gene pool accumulated over time.
    Microevolution
    Founder effect
    Directional selection
    Genetic drift
    30s
  • Q14
    The Hardy Weinberg equilibrium equation states
    Evolution occurs when better adapted individuals reproduce
    The allele for the population remain the same
    Equilibrium exists if a population is not changing
    30s
  • Q15
    Which organisms are more closely related
    Humans and chimps
    Humans and kangaroos
    Humans and mice
    Humans and yeast
    30s

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