Evolutionary Concepts Quiz
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What is evolution?

  • The change in the number of offspring produced by organisms
  • The change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations (correct)
  • The change in non-heritable characteristics of biological populations
  • The change in physical and biological environments over time

    • Who conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection?

  • Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace (correct)
  • Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch
  • Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein
  • Gregor Mendel and Thomas Hunt Morgan

    • What are the observable facts that establish evolution by natural selection?

  • Traits do not vary among individuals
  • Different traits do not confer different rates of survival and reproduction
  • More offspring are often produced than can possibly survive (correct)
  • Traits cannot be passed from generation to generation

    • What is the result of evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift acting on genetic variation?

    <p>Certain characteristics becoming more or less common within a population over successive generations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has the process of evolution given rise to?

    <p>Biodiversity at every level of biological organisation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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