Quiz for:
Understanding Evolutionary Mechanisms

Question 1

How does macroevolution differ from microevolution?

Question 2

What is an example of sexual selection?

Question 3

What is the founder effect?

Question 4

What can result from genetic drift in small populations?

Question 5

How does gene flow affect a population?

Question 6

Macroevolution leads to what major outcome?

Question 7

Which process describes random changes in allele frequencies that are not due to natural selection?

Question 8

What is the definition of evolution?

Question 9

In genetic drift, how does population size affect allele frequency stability?

Question 10

Which term refers to the survival and reproduction advantage of certain organisms?

Question 11

What is the bottleneck effect?

Question 12

Which mechanism involves non-random mating preferences affecting allele frequencies?

Question 13

What effect does gene flow have on allele frequencies?

Question 14

What process describes moving alleles into or out of a population?

Question 15

What is genetic drift?