Genetic Variation And Natural Selection Quiz!
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- 1.What are the two types of variation?
- A.
Heredity and natural selection
- B.
Inherited and Environmental
- C.
Variation and mutation
- D.
Continuous and discontinuous
- 2.What are some examples of discontinuous variation?
- A.
A person's culture
- B.
A person's weight
- C.
An individual zebra fish's size
- D.
A puppy's coat markings
- 3.What is the definition of discontinued variation?
- A.
A type of variation that has limited possible values
- B.
A type of variation that has multiple possible values, from one extreme to the other
- C.
A type of variation that determines what an organism looks like
- D.
A type of variation that is solely dependent on the environment
- 4.What is the continuous variation?
- A.
A type of variation that is solely based on someone's genetic make-up
- B.
A type of variation that includes a range of characteristics, from one extreme to the other
- C.
A type of variation that has limited possible values
- D.
A type of variation that includes a person's blood type
- 5.What are some examples of continuous variation?
- A.
A person's height
- B.
A person's blood type
- C.
A person's eye colour
- D.
A person's culture
- 6.What are the two ways in which variation is affected?
- A.
Mutation only
- B.
Inheritance only
- C.
Environmental factors only
- D.
Inheritance and environmental factors
- 7.What is inherited variation?
- A.
The genes we get from our parents
- B.
The genes we get from our siblings
- C.
Our genes determined by a Punnett Square
- D.
How we are affected by the environment
- 8.Some inherited characteristics include:
- A.
Eye-colour, behavior and resistance to viruses
- B.
Eye-colour, weight and height
- C.
Culture and diet
- D.
IQ
- 9.How are inherited characteristics affected by the environment?
- A.
Diet
- B.
Culture
- C.
Sun exposure
- D.
All of the above
- 10.Which of the following does variation in a species NOT account for?
- A.
Adaptation
- B.
Evolution
- C.
Ambiguity
- D.
Uniqueness
- 11.What is natural selection?
- A.
Survival of the fittest
- B.
Those with favourable traits surviving
- C.
Those with favourable traits reproducing more successfully
- D.
All of the above
- 12.What drives evolution?
- A.
The harsh pressure to adapt to a changing environment
- B.
Mutation
- C.
Heredity
- D.
The variation within a species
- 13.What best describes 'the survival of the fittest'?
- A.
The ability to fight competitors
- B.
Favourable genes being passed on to the offspring
- C.
Only the fit survive
- D.
Favourable genes being phased out in a species
- 14.Who first theorized evolution?
- A.
Charles Darwin
- B.
George Washington
- C.
Gregor Mendell
- D.
Thomas Rutherford
- 15.Whoa re our closest ancestors from which we've evolved?
- A.
Lemurs
- B.
Gorillas
- C.
Chimpanzees
- D.
Apes
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