Homework answers / question archive / Question 1 1 / 1 pts In Europe during the Middle Ages, it was most commonly believed that:    most species had become extinct over time   all species had evolved from a common ancestor    all forms were created by God and did not change over time    life was created slowly, over millions of years     Question 2 1 / 1 pts A phenotype is:    expression of an individual's genetic make-up   variation of a gene    segment of DNA that codes for a trait    the combination of alleles an individual has     Question 3 1 / 1 pts According to the principle of independent assortment there is a __________chance that any yellow pea plant will produce either smooth or wrinkled peas

Question 1 1 / 1 pts In Europe during the Middle Ages, it was most commonly believed that:    most species had become extinct over time   all species had evolved from a common ancestor    all forms were created by God and did not change over time    life was created slowly, over millions of years     Question 2 1 / 1 pts A phenotype is:    expression of an individual's genetic make-up   variation of a gene    segment of DNA that codes for a trait    the combination of alleles an individual has     Question 3 1 / 1 pts According to the principle of independent assortment there is a __________chance that any yellow pea plant will produce either smooth or wrinkled peas

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Question 1

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In Europe during the Middle Ages, it was most commonly believed that:

  

most species had become extinct over time

 

all species had evolved from a common ancestor

  

all forms were created by God and did not change over time

  

life was created slowly, over millions of years

 

 

Question 2

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A phenotype is:

  

expression of an individual's genetic make-up

 

variation of a gene

  

segment of DNA that codes for a trait

  

the combination of alleles an individual has

 

 

Question 3

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According to the principle of independent assortment there is a __________chance that any yellow pea plant will produce either smooth or wrinkled peas.

  

25%

  

50%

  

0%

  

75%

 

 

Question 4

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The fact that individuals who possess favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than those who possess less favorable traits is the basis for which theory?

  

Natural selection

   

Uniformitarianism

  

Catastrophism

   

The inheritance of acquired characteristics

 

 

Question 5

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An individual with two identical alleles at a locus is

  

heterozygous

  

homozygous

  

dominant

  

independent

 

 

Question 6

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Which of the following types of natural selection favors the average of a trait?

  

balancing selection

  

sexual selection

  

directional selection

  

stabilizing selection

 

 

Question 7

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When Mendel crossed true-breeding yellow and green parental plants in the F0 generation, what was produced?

  

all the offspring were green

 

all the offspring were yellow

  

the offspring were intermediate in color relative to the two parent plants

  

half the offspring were yellow, the other half were green

 

 

Question 8

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What is the view that the extinction and the subsequent appearance of more modern forms could be explained by a series of disasters and creations?

  

Uniformitarianism

  

Use-disuse theory

   

Catastrophism

   

Natural selection

 

 

Question 9

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Chromosomes

  

contain DNA

  

come in homologous pairs

  

in humans number 23 pairs (46 total)

  

all of these

 

 

Question 10

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Meiosis:

  

can produce new combinations of alleles that can be inherited

  

produces two identical daughter cells

  

is responsible for normal body growth of organisms

  

refers to the cell division that takes place throughout the body