Natural Selection
This quiz covers the concept of natural selection, a fundamental principle of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin.
Questions
What is the driving force behind natural selection?
- Random chance
- Competition for resources
- Mutation
- Genetic drift
What is the term used to describe the process by which organisms with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce?
- Natural selection
- Artificial selection
- Evolution
- Adaptation
What is the term used to describe the process by which humans selectively breed organisms with desired traits?
- Natural selection
- Artificial selection
- Evolution
- Adaptation
What is the term used to describe the process by which organisms become better adapted to their environment over time?
- Natural selection
- Artificial selection
- Evolution
- Adaptation
What is the term used to describe the process by which organisms evolve new traits or characteristics?
- Natural selection
- Artificial selection
- Evolution
- Adaptation
Which of the following is an example of natural selection?
- A bird with a long beak is better able to reach food in a tall tree.
- A farmer selects cows with higher milk production for breeding.
- A dog learns to sit when it hears the word "sit."
- A plant grows taller in response to sunlight.
Which of the following is an example of artificial selection?
- A bird with a long beak is better able to reach food in a tall tree.
- A farmer selects cows with higher milk production for breeding.
- A dog learns to sit when it hears the word "sit."
- A plant grows taller in response to sunlight.
Which of the following is an example of adaptation?
- A bird with a long beak is better able to reach food in a tall tree.
- A farmer selects cows with higher milk production for breeding.
- A dog learns to sit when it hears the word "sit."
- A plant grows taller in response to sunlight.
Which of the following is an example of evolution?
- A bird with a long beak is better able to reach food in a tall tree.
- A farmer selects cows with higher milk production for breeding.
- A dog learns to sit when it hears the word "sit."
- A plant grows taller in response to sunlight.
Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of evolution?
- Natural selection
- Artificial selection
- Mutation
- Genetic drift
What is the term used to describe the process by which genetic variation is introduced into a population?
- Natural selection
- Artificial selection
- Mutation
- Genetic drift
What is the term used to describe the process by which the frequency of alleles in a population changes over time?
- Natural selection
- Artificial selection
- Mutation
- Genetic drift
What is the term used to describe the process by which populations of organisms become more similar to each other over time?
- Convergent evolution
- Divergent evolution
- Parallel evolution
- Coevolution
What is the term used to describe the process by which populations of organisms become more different from each other over time?
- Convergent evolution
- Divergent evolution
- Parallel evolution
- Coevolution
What is the term used to describe the process by which two or more species evolve in response to each other?
- Convergent evolution
- Divergent evolution
- Parallel evolution
- Coevolution