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What is evolution?
What is evolution?
- The change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations (correct)
- The change in characteristics due to environmental changes
- The change in characteristics due to individual choices
- The change in non-heritable characteristics of biological populations
Who conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Who conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection?
- Gregor Mendel and Charles Darwin
- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin
- Alfred Russel Wallace and Gregor Mendel
- Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace (correct)
What are the observable facts about living organisms that establish evolution by natural selection?
What are the observable facts about living organisms that establish evolution by natural selection?
- All traits confer the same rates of survival and reproduction
- Traits do not vary among individuals
- All offspring survive to adulthood
- More offspring are often produced than can possibly survive (correct)
What results in certain characteristics becoming more or less common within a population over successive generations?
What results in certain characteristics becoming more or less common within a population over successive generations?
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What has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation?
What has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation?
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