Biology Genetics & Evolution 1

Question 1

What is the basic unit of heredity?

Accepted Answer

Genes

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Chromosomes.

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Proteins.

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Nucleotides.

Question 2

What is natural selection?

Accepted Answer

The process where advantageous traits become more common

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Random changes in DNA.

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Artificial breeding by humans.

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Sudden environmental changes.

Question 3

What is a mutation?

Accepted Answer

A change in DNA sequence

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A change in behavior.

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A new species formation.

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An environmental shift.

Question 4

What does genetic drift refer to?

Accepted Answer

Random changes in allele frequency

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Directed changes in traits.

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Natural selection.

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Gene flow between populations.

Question 5

What is the role of DNA in heredity?

Accepted Answer

It stores genetic instructions for inheritance

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It provides energy to the cell.

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It forms the cell membrane.

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It helps break down nutrients.

Question 6

What is speciation?

Accepted Answer

The formation of new species

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The extinction of a species.

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A mutation in a single organism.

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Migration of individuals.

Question 7

How are traits inherited?

Accepted Answer

Through the transfer of genes from parents

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Through learned behavior.

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By environmental factors only.

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By random chance.

Question 8

What is the purpose of a Punnett square?

Accepted Answer

To predict genetic trait probabilities

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To display evolutionary relationships.

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To map chromosomes.

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To measure genetic drift.

Question 9

What is an adaptation?

Accepted Answer

A beneficial trait increasing survival and reproduction

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A random mutation with no effect.

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A learned behavior.

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A sudden environmental change.