Exam 12: Forces of Evolutionary Change

A) the gene pool of a population.
B) the genes of an individual.
C) the dominant phenotype.
D) the recessive phenotype.
E) the percentage of individuals in a population with the dominant phenotypE.

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A) genotype.
B) phenotype.
C) dominant traits.
D) recessive traits.
E) gene pool.

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A) directional selection.
B) disruptive selection.
C) stabilizing selection.
D) artificial selection.
E) uniformitarianism.

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A) humans
B) granite rock
C) lava
D) rodent with average life span less of 5 years
E) parrot with average life span of 100 years

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A) directional selection.
B) stabilizing selection.
C) disruptive selection.
D) artificial selection.
E) uniformitarianism.

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A) Alfred Russel Wallace.
B) Jean Lamarck.
C) Georges Buffon.
D) Charles Darwin.
E) Charles Lyell.

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A) individuals compete with one another for limited resources and only the fittest survive.
B) individuals compete with one another for limited resources and only the fittest reproduce.
C) population growth is unlimited,leading to the large numbers of organisms.
D) an individual's chance of survival and reproduction are mostly due to chance and changes in the environment.
E) species do not change over timE.

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