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Biology 100 Questions and Correct
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Natural Selection can be defined as __________? A) a process in
which organisms with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive
and
reproduce than individuals with other traits
B) the production of more offspring than can survive in a given
environment
C) the evolution of a population of organisms
D) a process in which changes in gene frequencies result from
evolution
Ans: a process in which organisms with certain inherited traits are more
likely to survive and reproduce than individuals with other traits.
Natural Selection A) results in evolutionary adaptation
B) does not affect allelic frequencies
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C) is a very rare phenomenon
D) prepares organisms for future changes in the environment
Ans: results in evolutionary adaptation
the first basic idea of evolutionary adaptation can be traced back
to A) ancient Greeks about 2,500 years ago B) Lamarck
C) Darwin D) Aristotle
Ans: Lamark
In "The Origin of Species" Darwin argues that the mechanism of
descent with modification was _______ A) natural selection
B) uniformitarianism
C) artificial selection
D) inheritance of acquired characteristics
Ans: Natural Selection
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which of the following is a component of the fossil record? A)
molecular sequences
B) the distribution of murid rodents in Australia and Asia
C) bones of extinct whales
D) the similarity of the forelimbs of cats and bats
Ans: bones of extinct whales
Homology is evidence of A) natural selection B) binomial
classification
C) common ancestry D) artificial selection
Ans: artificial selection
which of the following are homologous? A) the forelimb of a dog
and the forelimb of a cat
B) the forelimb of a dog and the hindlimb of a cat
C) wings of a butterfly and wings of a sparrow
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D) the mouth of a mosquito and the beak of a hummingbird
Ans: the forelimb of a dog and the forelimb of a cat
natural selection generally results in A) increased genetic variation
B) a population that is adapted to its current environment
C) a population that is better adapted to a future environment
D) an increase in the size of a population
Ans: a population that is adapted to its environment
which of the following is a population? A) the termites infesting your
house
B) all organisms living in your house
C) all of the termites that have ever lived
D) the termites infesting your house along with the microorganisms
living in their guts
Biology 100 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Natural Selection can be defined as __________? A) a process in
which organisms with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive
and
reproduce than individuals with other traits
B) the production of more offspring than can survive in a given
environment
C) the evolution of a population of organisms
D) a process in which changes in gene frequencies result from
evolution
Ans: a process in which organisms with certain inherited traits are more
likely to survive and reproduce than individuals with other traits.
Natural Selection A) results in evolutionary adaptation
B) does not affect allelic frequencies
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C) is a very rare phenomenon
D) prepares organisms for future changes in the environment
Ans: results in evolutionary adaptation
the first basic idea of evolutionary adaptation can be traced back
to A) ancient Greeks about 2,500 years ago B) Lamarck
C) Darwin D) Aristotle
Ans: Lamark
In "The Origin of Species" Darwin argues that the mechanism of
descent with modification was _______ A) natural selection
B) uniformitarianism
C) artificial selection
D) inheritance of acquired characteristics
Ans: Natural Selection
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which of the following is a component of the fossil record? A)
molecular sequences
B) the distribution of murid rodents in Australia and Asia
C) bones of extinct whales
D) the similarity of the forelimbs of cats and bats
Ans: bones of extinct whales
Homology is evidence of A) natural selection B) binomial
classification
C) common ancestry D) artificial selection
Ans: artificial selection
which of the following are homologous? A) the forelimb of a dog
and the forelimb of a cat
B) the forelimb of a dog and the hindlimb of a cat
C) wings of a butterfly and wings of a sparrow
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D) the mouth of a mosquito and the beak of a hummingbird
Ans: the forelimb of a dog and the forelimb of a cat
natural selection generally results in A) increased genetic variation
B) a population that is adapted to its current environment
C) a population that is better adapted to a future environment
D) an increase in the size of a population
Ans: a population that is adapted to its environment
which of the following is a population? A) the termites infesting your
house
B) all organisms living in your house
C) all of the termites that have ever lived
D) the termites infesting your house along with the microorganisms
living in their guts
