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    Mutations are random and give rise to new alleles that may be harmful or beneficial. Evolution occurs at the population level. Mutations contribute to natural selection by creating new alleles that may be more suitable to the environment, increasing variation. Gene flow introduces new alleles into a population. For speciation to occur, there must be a physical or reproductive barrier between populations.

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    Mutations are random and give rise to new alleles that may be harmful or beneficial. Evolution occurs at the population level. Mutations contribute to natural selection by creating new alleles that may be more suitable to the environment, increasing variation. Gene flow introduces new alleles into a population. For speciation to occur, there must be a physical or reproductive barrier between populations.

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    Mutations are random and give rise to new alleles that may be harmful or beneficial. Evolution occurs at the population level. Mutations contribute to natural selection by creating new alleles that may be more suitable to the environment, increasing variation. Gene flow introduces new alleles into a population. For speciation to occur, there must be a physical or reproductive barrier between populations.

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    PRE-TEST

    1.Which of the following statements about


    mutations is TRUE?
    A. Mutations are not random.
    B. Mutations give rise to new alleles that may
    be harmful or beneficial.
    C. Mutations respond to selective pressures
    by producing new forms of genes that are
    needed at the moment.
    2. At what level does evolution
    occur?
    A. cells
    B. individuals
    C. populations
    3. How do mutations most directly contribute
    to natural selection?
    A.They change the base sequence of DNA
    within a gene.
    B.They create new alleles that may be more
    suitable for a given environment.
    C.They increase the variation within a
    population.
    4. Which of the following occurs when
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    migrating individuals interbreed with a


    new population?
    A. gene flow
    B. genetic drift
    C. natural selection
    5. Which of the following occurs when a
    small group of individuals leaves a
    population and establishes a new one in
    a geographically isolated region?
    A. Gene flow
    B. Genetic drift
    C. Natural selection
    6. How does gene flow directly contribute to
    evolution?
    A. It changes the environment in which a
    population resides.
    B. It introduces new alleles into a population.
    C. It reduces the number of members in a
    population.
    7. Which parameter is necessary in
    order for genetic drift to occur?
    A. The population must be large.
    B. The population must be small.
    C. The population must be under
    environmental stress.
    8. Natural selection occurs when
    an organism is subject to its:
    A. ancestors
    B. environment
    C. genes
    9. In order for evolution to occur, the
    fittest individuals must do what?
    A. avoid predators more successfully
    B. be better at obtaining food
    C. leave more offspring
    10. When an environment eliminates
    individuals at the extremes of a population,
    this is an example of which category of
    natural selection?
    A. directional selection
    B. disruptive selection
    C. stabilizing selection
    11. When the environment favors extreme
    types in a population at the expense of
    intermediate forms, this is an example of
    which category of natural selection?
    A. directional selection
    B. disruptive selection
    C. stabilizing selection
    12. When the environment acts for or against
    one extreme characteristic, this is an example
    of which category of natural selection?
    A. directional selection
    B. disruptive selection
    C. stabilizing selection
    13. Antibiotics kill susceptible bacteria, and those that
    survive possess a genetic mutation that renders them
    impervious to the drug. The survivors reproduce and
    pass on the beneficial mutation to the next generation.
    What type of selection does this describe?
    A. directional selection
    B. disruptive selection
    C. stabilizing selection
    14. In order for speciation to occur, there
    must be which of the following?
    A. a change in climate
    B. a physical or reproductive barrier
    C. an environmental occurrence that kills a
    portion of the ancestral population
    15. A species of butterfly changes its color
    immediately after branching from the parent
    species, but thereafter maintains its
    coloration for the rest of its existence. This is
    an example of:
    A. gene flow
    B. gradualism
    C. punctuated equilibrium
    16.The theory that explains how all living
    organisms are related and how existing species
    adapt to their environments and new species arise
    —the central unifying theme of biology—is
    called what?
    A. Natural Selection
    B. The Circle of Life
    C. Descent with Modification
    D. Evolution
    17. Which of the following statements regarding
    evolution is true?
    a. Evolution anticipates future changes in
    environment and allows organisms to adapt
    accordingly.
    b. There is a distinct origin and end goal.
    c. There is no overall direction, simply a
    response to local conditions.
    d. It is typically observable in a single
    generation.
    18. For the percentage of the population able
    to break down lactose in adulthood, what is
    the genetic cause of this ability?
    A. Dominant Mutation
    B. Gene therapy
    C. Variation
    D. Recessive Mutation
    19. Differences in skin color, the ability to
    metabolize alcohol, and cholesterol levels
    are just a few examples of:
    A. Variation
    B. Mutation
    C. Gene therapy
    D. Genetic determinism
    20. Darwin found that the rain forest species
    in South America were more similar to
    which other species?
    A. Rain forest species of Asia
    B. Rain forest species of Africa
    C. Non-rain forest species of South
    America
    D. Non-rain forest species of Africa

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