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Question 110 pts

The relatively short-term changes in allele frequencies within a population is __________.

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Adaptation

Microevolution

Fitness

Natural Selection

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Question 210 pts

This world has many, diverse forms inhabiting every nook and cranny on, above, and below the surface of this Earth.

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True

False

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Question 310 pts

The _______ occurs when large numbers of a population die off leaving a small gene pool in the surviving population.

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Founder Effect

Bottleneck Effect

Pinched Neck

Reduced Viability Effect

Punctuated Equilibrium Effect

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Question 410 pts

The Founder Effect occurs when __________.

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many members of a population reproduce causing too much genetic diversity within the population

small groups of individuals leave their home population and establish new settlements, mating only among themselves

many members of a population die, resulting in a great loss of genetic diversity

large groups of individuals leave their home population and establish new settlements, mating only among themselves

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Question 510 pts

__________ is the movement of gene sets in and out of a population due to death, immigration, emigration, etc. smoothing out the variations in characteristics over time.

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Gene Transfer

Gene Growth

Lipid Flow

Gene Flow

Protein Flow

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Question 610 pts

____________ is the change in large characteristics of a group of organisms leading to novel traits, new species, and unique new groups of organisms.  

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Microevolution

Macroevolution

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Question 710 pts

A _________ is a group of individuals of the same species living in the same place at the same time.

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Community

Biome

Ecosystem

Species

Population

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Question 810 pts

__________ Selection is a type of Natural Selection which tends to move the most common form toward one of the extremes.

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Destabilizing

Stabilizing

Unidirectional

Diversifying

Directional

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Question 910 pts

The _________ occurs when a small group of individuals are the entire gene pool of all future generations of a species producing traits which are not necessarily characteristic of the original, large population.

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Reduced Viability Effect

Punctuated Equilibrium Effect

Bottleneck Effect

Pinched Neck

Founder Effect

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Question 1010 pts

Which one of the following would a Biologist describe as Microevolution?

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a change in the gene pool of a population from one generation to the next but no new species are formed

the formation of new species

the extinction of species

dramatic biological changes, such as the origin of wings on a bird which leads to a new novel characteristic and true flight

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