Biology Unit 7 Lesson 10 Natural Selection Practice Answers
1. What is the definition of adaptive radiation?
Answer - when an ancestor species rapidly splits into different descendants due to environmental pressures
2. In population genetics, F=q refers to
Answer - In population genetics, F=q refers to
3. __________ is/are used to describe that environmental factors influence an organism’s gene expression.
Answer - Epigenetics
4. The specific location of an allele is called a
Answer - locus.
5. What may cause two populations to develop different traits?
Answer - migration
6. Which other adaptation may be useful for living at high elevations?
Answer - more hair
7. Which major event led to the eventual adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches from one common ancestor (i.e., what is the primary reason they evolved)?
Answer - differing availability and types of food resources
8. Bacteria are able to evolve easily, which is why antibiotic resistance is on the rise. Several factors contribute to the evolution of bacteria, except
Answer - they have the shortest genetic material, which makes them the fastest to replicate.
9. Which factor leads to genetic drift rather than natural selection?
Answer - Genetic variation is random and frequency changes each generation.
10. Which factor is abiotic?
Answer - decrease in sunlight
11. What is the difference between correlation and causation?
Answer - Correlation is a relationship between two variables, while causation is when an event or action happens and it appears to make another event or action happen.
12. How are correlation and causation similar?
Answer - They are both used to describe connections and influences between variables.
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2: c. The recesive allele frequency in a population
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