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