A4.1 Evolution and Speciation (SL)
12 review questions with answers for A4.1 Evolution and Speciation (SL). Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
Cumulative change in the heritable characteristics of a population?
- Mutation
- Variation
- Species
- EvolutionRight answer
All 12 questions and answers
Cumulative change in the heritable characteristics of a population?
Answer: Evolution
Remains or traces of ancient organisms that provide evidence for evolution?
Answer: Fossil Record
Process where humans breed animals or plants for specific desirable traits?
Answer: Selective Breeding
Structures with similar bone templates but different functions (e.g., pentadactyl limb)?
Answer: Homologous Structures
Diversification of a species into different forms to adapt to different niches?
Answer: Adaptive Radiation
Mechanism where better-adapted individuals survive and reproduce?
Answer: Natural Selection
Changes in the DNA sequence that serve as the original source of new alleles?
Answer: Mutation
Producing more offspring than the environment can support?
Answer: Overproduction
A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring?
Answer: Species
Similar traits in distantly related species, arising from similar selection pressures?
Answer: Convergent Evolution
The presence of differences between individuals of the same species?
Answer: Variation
Evolution of dark-colored organisms in a species in an environment darkened by industrial pollution?
Answer: Industrial Melanism
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