Evolution Worksheet 4
Choose the correct answer:
1. Differences between members of a population will most likely be passed on to future
generations if they are:
A. Due to genetic changes and result in unfavorable variations
B. Due to genetic changes and result in favorable variations
C. Not due to genetic changes and result in unfavorable variations
D. Not due to genetic changes and result in favorable variation
E. None of the above
2. all the following are part of Darwin’s theory of natural selection except
a) populations tend to overpopulate
b) in any population, there is unequal ability among individuals to survive and reproduce
c) only the best fit individuals survive and get to pass on their genes
d) overpopulation leads to struggle for existence
e) organisms change in response to a need in the environment
3. Which of the following is transitional fossil?
a) reptiles
b) amphibians
c) archaeopteryx
d) fish
e) apes
4. Differences between members of a population will most likely be passed on to future
generations if they are:
A. Due to genetic changes and result in unfavorable variations
B. Due to genetic changes and result in favorable variations
C. Not due to genetic changes and result in unfavorable variations
D. Not due to genetic changes and result in favorable variation
E. None of the above
5. Natural selection is sometimes described as “survival of the
fittest.” Which of the following best measures an organism’s
fitness?
a) how many fertile offspring it produces
b) how strong it is when pitted against others of its species
c) its ability to withstand environmental extremes
d) how much food it is able to make or obtain
6. Within a few weeks of treatment with the drug 3TC, a patient’s
HIV population consists entirely of 3TC-resistant viruses. How
can this result best be explained?
a. HIV can change its surface proteins and resist vaccines.
b. The patient must have become reinfected with a resistant
virus.
c. A few drug-resistant viruses were present at the start of treatment,
and natural selection increased their frequency.
d. HIV began making drug-resistant versions of its enzymes in
response to the drug.
7. According to Darwin's theory of natural selection, individuals who survive are the ones
best adapted for their [Link] survival is due to the?
a) Possession of inherited adaptations that maximize fitness
b) Competing with other species
c) Adaptation to their habitat
d) Darwin’s theory of natural selection
8. During the Industrial Revolution in Britain, many new factories were built which released
dark clouds of smoke into the air. Dark grey moths survived attacks by birds more often
than their light grey neighbors. Over time, light grey moths disappeared from the area.
This change in population is an example of:
A. Selective breeding
B. Natural selection
C. Genetic engineering
D. Cloning
9. This natural philosopher proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired
characteristics - for example, giraffe offspring acquired longer necks because their parents
stretching to reach higher leaves.
A. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
B. Charles Lyell
C. Alfred Wallace
D. Thomas Malthus
E. None of the above
[Link] penicillin was first introduced, it was very effective in destroying the bacteria that
cause gonorrhea. Today, certain varieties of this bacterium are resistant to penicillin.
Which statement best describes the appearance of these resistant varieties?
A. Penicillin stimulated the bacteria to become resistant, and this resistance was passed to the
offspring
B. Penicillin used today is not as strong as the penicillin used when it was first introduced
C. Penicillin strengthened the immune systems of resistant bacteria
D. Penicillin killed the susceptible bacteria, while naturally resistant varieties survived and
reproduced
E. All of the above
[Link] penicillin was first introduced, it was very effective in destroying the bacteria that
cause gonorrhea. Today, certain varieties of this bacterium are resistant to penicillin.
Which statement best describes the appearance of these resistant varieties?
A. Penicillin stimulated the bacteria to become resistant, and this resistance was passed to
the offspring
B. Penicillin used today is not as strong as the penicillin used when it was first introduced
C. Penicillin strengthened the immune systems of resistant bacteria
D. Penicillin killed the susceptible bacteria, while naturally resistant varieties survived
and reproduced
E. All of the above
[Link] and sharks share very similar body forms, but in terms of common ancestry, are
separated by more than 400 million years of evolution. The pattern of evolution
demonstrated by the shark and dolphin is called:
A. Divergent evolution
B. Convergent evolution
C. Coevolution
D. Artificial selection
E. Adaptive radiation
13.
worksheet 5
14.8. Differences between members of a population will most likely be passed on to future
generations if they are:
A. Due to genetic changes and result in unfavorable variations
B. Due to genetic changes and result in favorable variations
C. Not due to genetic changes and result in unfavorable variations
D. Not due to genetic changes and result in favorable variation
E. None of the above
9.
1. In an area of erratic rainfall, a biologist found that grass plants
with alleles for curled leaves reproduced better in dry years, and
plants with alleles for flat leaves reproduced better in wet years.
This situation would tend to ________ . (Explain your answer.)
a. cause genetic drift in the grass population.
b. preserve genetic variation in the grass population.
c. lead to stabilizing selection in the grass population.
d. lead to uniformity in the grass population.
2. If an allele is recessive and lethal in homozygotes before they
reproduce,
a. the allele will be removed from the population by natural
selection in approximately 1,000 years.
b. the allele will likely remain in the population at a low frequency
because it cannot be selected against in heterozygotes.
c. the fitness of the homozygous recessive genotype is 0.
d. both b and c are correct.
3. In a population with two alleles, B and b, the allele frequency
of b is 0.4. B is dominant to b. What is the frequency of individuals
with the dominant phenotype if the population is in
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
a. 0.16
b. 0.36
c. 0.48
d. 0.84