EVOLUTION CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS SET FULL QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTION

EVOLUTION CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
EXAMS SET FULL QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTION

●● How can evolutionary change be observed?
Answer: Laboratory expiriments, natural populations, fossil record


●● Applications of evolutionary theory
Answer: -study and treatment of diseases
-development of crops and industrial processes
-understanding the diversification of life


●● raw material of evolution
Answer: genetic variation


●● origin of genetic variation
Answer: genetic mutation


●● Evolution is basically...
Answer: Changes in genetic makeup of a population over time

, ●● genetic variation
Answer: Differences among individuals in the composition of their
genes or other DNA segments


●● Mutation
Answer: A change in a gene or chromosome; change in nucleotide
sequence


●● Adaptation
Answer: A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce


●● Mutations can be...
Answer: neutral, harmful, or beneficial. Usually the first 2.


●● Population
Answer: A group of individuals of a single species that live in a
particular geographic area at the same time


●● Alleles
Answer: Different forms of a gene (eg. B, b)


●● gene pool