ANTH 1001 Chapter 1 Questions with 100%
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Based on your knowledge of adaptation, what is a plausible order for the following
items to occur when a population undergoes selection?
1. The availability of food becomes limited due to overpopulation or environmental change
2. Only individuals that have advantageous traits are able to survive
3. Parents pass the traits that allow them to survive on to their offspring
4. Number of individuals in population with advantageous traits grows
Most variation is ______________________, which means that ___________________
types exist.
Continuous, intermediate
T or F: When natural selection takes place, it changes the observed range of behavior or
morphology of all individuals in a population.
False
Based on your knowledge of the environments where fish and humans live, match the
adaptive responses in eye structure to the correct organism:
FISH:
- Lens has very high light gathering power
- Lens can gather light in 180 degree visual field
- Lens is spherical
HUMANS:
- Lens is flat
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Based on your knowledge of adaptation, what is a plausible order for the following
items to occur when a population undergoes selection?
1. The availability of food becomes limited due to overpopulation or environmental change
2. Only individuals that have advantageous traits are able to survive
3. Parents pass the traits that allow them to survive on to their offspring
4. Number of individuals in population with advantageous traits grows
Most variation is ______________________, which means that ___________________
types exist.
Continuous, intermediate
T or F: When natural selection takes place, it changes the observed range of behavior or
morphology of all individuals in a population.
False
Based on your knowledge of the environments where fish and humans live, match the
adaptive responses in eye structure to the correct organism:
FISH:
- Lens has very high light gathering power
- Lens can gather light in 180 degree visual field
- Lens is spherical
HUMANS:
- Lens is flat