
Unit 7 Natural Selection 词汇题
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- Q1Which process results in certain heritable traits becoming more common in a population over time?MutationGenetic driftNatural selectionGene flow30s
- Q2Competition for what drives differential survival according to Darwin?Abiotic factorsGenetic driftRandom matingLimited resources30s
- Q3What term describes the observable characteristics of an organism?AlleleGametePhenotypeGenotype30s
- Q4What term refers to an organism’s genetic makeup?GenotypePhenotypeRNA sequenceCodon30s
- Q5Which measure indicates an individual’s contribution to the gene pool of the next generation?Mutation rateEvolutionary fitnessCarrying capacityGenetic drift30s
- Q6Which environmental factor includes interactions with other organisms?Abiotic environmentBiotic environmentNichePhenotype30s
- Q7Which environmental factor includes nonliving physical conditions?Abiotic environmentFitnessBiotic environmentPhenotype30s
- Q8What is the term for differences in traits among individuals in a population?Phenotypic variationBottleneckSpeciationAllele frequency30s
- Q9What type of evolution leads to similar traits in unrelated lineages?Genetic driftDivergent evolutionConvergent evolutionAdaptive radiation30s
- Q10What human‐driven process selects for desired traits in organisms?Genetic driftNatural selectionBottleneck effectArtificial selection30s
- Q11Which field studies allele frequency changes in populations?TaxonomyPopulation geneticsMolecular biologyEcology30s
- Q12Which evolutionary driver occurs by chance and is nonselective?MutationGenetic driftGene flowNatural selection30s
- Q13What random change in DNA sequence can introduce new genetic variation?Hardy‑Weinberg equilibriumFounder effectBottleneckMutation30s
- Q14What process alters allele frequencies by chance in small populations?SpeciationNatural selectionGenetic driftGene flow30s
- Q15Which random event drastically reduces genetic diversity after catastrophic reduction?GradualismFounder effectBottleneckPunctuated equilibrium30s