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What is an adaptation?
What is an adaptation?
- A heritable trait that aids in the survival and reproduction of an organism in its current environment (correct)
- A trait that is not influenced by the environment
- A trait that only affects the physical appearance of an organism
- A trait that is acquired during an organism's lifetime
What is divergent evolution?
What is divergent evolution?
- Evolving two or more species in diverse directions from a common ancestry (correct)
- Evolving similar traits independently in species without a recent common ancestry
- The process of environmental changes leading to the same traits in different species
- The process of natural selection acting on a population's heritable traits
What does natural selection act on?
What does natural selection act on?
- Individual's acquired traits
- Individual's physical appearance
- Population's acquired characteristics
- Population's heritable traits (correct)
What are the webbed feet of platypuses an adaptation for?
What are the webbed feet of platypuses an adaptation for?
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What is convergent evolution?
What is convergent evolution?
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According to the Hardy-Weinberg Law, a population in genetic equilibrium means that:
According to the Hardy-Weinberg Law, a population in genetic equilibrium means that:
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Which scientist is NOT attributed to the development of the modern synthetic theory of evolution?
Which scientist is NOT attributed to the development of the modern synthetic theory of evolution?
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According to the synthetic theory of evolution, which factor is NOT included in the theory?
According to the synthetic theory of evolution, which factor is NOT included in the theory?
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What is one of the factors that can act to change fitness or the ability to maintain allelic frequencies in a population?
What is one of the factors that can act to change fitness or the ability to maintain allelic frequencies in a population?
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According to the synthetic theory of evolution, what leads to the evolution of a species?
According to the synthetic theory of evolution, what leads to the evolution of a species?
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