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Environmental Science

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Set 4 Evolutionary Responses

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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The change in characteristics of a population of organisms from generation to generation is termed

A) resistance to pesticides.
B) biological evolution.
C) natural selection.
D) phenotype variation.
E) vestigial structures.

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Question 2

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Suppose a doctor prescribes a 10-day course of antibiotics for a child with an ear infection. The child is better in three days so the parent stops giving the child the medicine. A month later the child complains of ear pain again. The doctor prescribes the same medication but it does not work. The doctor then prescribes a stronger medicine. What process does this best illustrate?

A) Phenotype variation of the bacteria causing the ear infection
B) Biological evolution of the antibiotic
C) Speciation of the population of bacteria causing the ear infection
D) Biological evolution of the bacteria causing the ear infection
E) Genetic drift of the antibiotic

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Question 3

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A change in the _______ is an environmental change that can cause evolutionary changes in organisms.

A) amount of a natural resource
B) number of pests
C) distribution of predators
D) number of competitors of a natural resource
E) All of the above

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