What is artificial classification?
Classification based on the evolutionary relationship between organisms
Classification based on the observable characteristics of organisms
Classification based on the genotype of the organism
Which theory describes how new species evolve?
Natural selection
Unnatural selection
Artificial selection
Which individuals are most likely to survive to reproduce?
Individuals that are poorly suited to their environment
Individuals that are best suited to their environment
Individuals that have no immunity to new diseases
By looking at the DNA sequences of these three species, which two are most closely related?
A and B
B and C
A and C
Which scientist proposed the theory of natural selection?
Watson
Crick
Darwin
What are seed banks?
Buildings in which seeds are stored
Banks where seeds can be loaned
Buildings where seeds are disposed of
How does the development of an antibiotic resistant population start?
A random mutation causes a bacterial cell to become resistant to the antibiotic
The presence of the antibiotic makes a bacterial cell become resistant to it.
A bacterial cell chooses to change itself to become resistant to the antibiotic.
What is the definition of variation?
The genes an organism has
The phenotype an organism has
The differences in characteristics between organisms
Explain why a brown rabbit that is placed in the snowy Arctic does not survive.
It is camouflaged so is eaten by predators
It is not camouflaged so is eaten by predators
It is well suited to the environment
A frog gets a random mutation in the gene that controls tongue length so its tongue becomes very long and it can catch more flies. What would happen to the number of frogs with this gene?
Increase
Decrease
Stay the same