- 1. What concept in evolution says all livings are related and share common ancestors?
A) descent with modification B) natural selection C) macroevolution D) tree of life E) microevolution
- 2. Biological evolution involves what type of changes in organisms over time?
A) natural changes B) genetic changes C) adaptation changes D) gene frequencies E) microgenetic change
- 3. What is the term that means species remain the same for very long periods of time.
A) stasis B) microevolution C) living fossils D) lineage-splitting E) macroevolution
- 4. What type of evolution can only be seen from a study of the whole history of life?
A) extinction B) microevolution C) macroevolution D) lineage-splitting E) stasis
- 5. What is another term for lineage-splitting?
A) character development B) speciation C) stasis D) microevolution E) extinction
- 6. Mutation, genetic drift, migration, natural selection and what other factor are needed for macroevolution to occur?
A) lineage-splitting B) lots of time C) genetic changes D) character changes E) extinction
- 7. Small scale evolution within a single population is called...?
A) speciation B) genetic drift C) microevolution D) macroevolution E) extinction
- 8. The change in allele frequency within a population is...?
A) genetic drift B) microevolution C) natural selection D) emigration E) macroevolution
- 9. A group of organisms that can interbred and so share a gene pool are called a ...?
A) lineage B) offspring C) population D) community E) emigrants
- 10. Organisms exit a population, taking their genes with them. This is called...?
A) emigration B) natural selection C) genetic drift D) migration E) immigration
- 11. Organisms enter a population, bringing their genes with them. This is called...?
A) natural selection B) macroevolution C) lineage-splitting D) immigration E) speciation
- 12. When organisms with advantageous traits escape predation, survive and reproduce passing on their traits, this is called...?
A) speciation B) gene flow C) natural selection D) immigration E) emigration
- 13. Random changes that happen in genes are called...?
A) gene flow B) genetic drift C) speciation D) natural selection E) mutations
- 14. When organisms with disadvantageous traits die out early before much, if any reproduction, this is called...?
A) speciation B) macroevolution C) gene flow D) natural selection E) population change
- 15. Random changes that happen to the number of a particular allele within a population during reproduction this is called...?
A) speciation B) emigration C) gene flow D) natural selection E) genetic drift
- 16. If the number of red alleles in a beetle population is 60% one year and the next year it is 85% this is an example of what type of evolution?
A) extinction B) microevolution C) macroevolution D) speciation E) lineage-splitting
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