Genetics and Evolution

Question 1

Having a scar from an injury

Answer 1

Environmental variation

Question 2

Being the tallest in the class

Answer 2

Environmental and genetic

Question 3

Variation can occur due to what 3 factors

Answer 3

Genetic Environmental and mutations

Question 4

Being able to roll your tongue

Answer 4

Inherited variation/genetic

Question 5

What are differences within a species called

Answer 5

variation

Question 6

What type of variation is weight

Answer 6

Environmental and inherited

Question 7

Which scientist did not receive a Nobel prize for their work towards DNA discovery

Answer 7

Rosalind Franklin

Question 8

What is the structure of DNA

Answer 8

Double helix

Question 9

Who is the only person still alive that received a Nobel prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA

Answer 9

James Watson

Question 10

What is the shape of DNA

Answer 10

Double helix

Question 11

Where are chromosomes found in humans

Answer 11

In the nucleus of a cell

Question 12

DNA is in structures. The structures make up who you are and each person has 23 pairs. What are they called?

Answer 12

Chromosomes

Question 13

What does extinction mean

Answer 13

There are no more of a species left anywhere in the world

Question 14

Is keeping animals in captivity a cause of extinction

Answer 14

NO

Question 15

Has climate change forced species to become extinct

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

Can a natural disaster cause extinction

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, how do new species evolve?

Answer 17

By natural selection

Question 18

Why can bacteria evolve quicker than other species

Answer 18

They produce at a faster rate

Question 19

What is natural selection

Answer 19

A process where certain organisms are more likely to survive and reproduce then other members of the same species because they possess certain genetic variations

Question 20

What change would describe Lamarck’s acquired characteristics theory

Answer 20

Rabbits grew longer ears because they had to use them more and so they stretched with use. These rabbits passed their long ears to their offspring

Question 21

A feature which is well used will grow stronger and be passed on to the offspring.

Is this statement one of the principles of natural selection

Answer 21

NO

Question 22

What was the name of the book published by Charles Darwin in 1859

Answer 22

On the origin of species

Question 23

What are the two main sources of evidence for evolution?

Answer 23

Fossils and antibiotic resistant bacteria