CRST 290 Exam 2 with complete solutions
The Galapagos - ✔✔Darwin visited which island group during his voyage on the HMS Beagle?
True - ✔✔Natural selection is best defined as the tendency of organisms that are best suited to
their environment to have more offspring than those less suited to their environment. True or
false?
True - ✔✔When a mutation occurs in a sperm or egg cell (a gamete), it can be passed on to
offspring.
Substitution - ✔✔What type of mutation has occurred in the figure?
Normal sequence : C T G G "A" G.
Mutation sequence: C T G G "G" G
true - ✔✔Natural selection does not explain the origin of these traits, only their preservation or
elimination.
False - ✔✔A mutation is an error in the construction of carbohydrates.
Mutation - ✔✔A __________is an error in the copying of DNA.
The Galapagos - ✔✔Darwin visited which island group during his voyage on the HMS Beagle?
True - ✔✔Natural selection is best defined as the tendency of organisms that are best suited to
their environment to have more offspring than those less suited to their environment. True or
false?
True - ✔✔When a mutation occurs in a sperm or egg cell (a gamete), it can be passed on to
offspring.
Substitution - ✔✔What type of mutation has occurred in the figure?
Normal sequence : C T G G "A" G.
Mutation sequence: C T G G "G" G
true - ✔✔Natural selection does not explain the origin of these traits, only their preservation or
elimination.
False - ✔✔A mutation is an error in the construction of carbohydrates.
Mutation - ✔✔A __________is an error in the copying of DNA.
