12th Class Biology Chapter 24 MCQs with Answers

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Time: 40 minutes

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12th Class Biology Chapter 24: Evolution

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What is the term for the change in the frequency of alleles in a population over time?

Genetic drift

Allele frequency

Gene flow

2 / 40

What is the term for the process by which individuals with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce?

Sexual selection

Natural selection

Artificial selection

3 / 40

Which scientist proposed the idea of inheritance of acquired traits?

Alfred Russel Wallace

Charles Darwin

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

4 / 40

What is the term for the study of fossils?

Phylogeny

Biogeography

Paleontology

5 / 40

What is the term for the process by which species evolve from a common ancestor?

Genetic drift

Descent with modification

Speciation

6 / 40

What is the name of the book written by Charles Darwin detailing his theory of evolution?

On the Origin of Species

The Descent of Man

Voyage of the Beagle

7 / 40

What is the process by which organisms gradually change over time?

Evolution

Adaptation

Natural selection

8 / 40

What is the name for structures that have reduced or no function but are similar to functional structures in related organisms?

Analogous structures

Homologous structures

Vestigial structures

9 / 40

What is the term for the study of the evolutionary history of a species or group of species?

Phylogenetics

Paleontology

Biogeography

10 / 40

What is the term for the process by which new species arise?

Adaptation

Evolutionary radiation

Speciation

11 / 40

What is the term for a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring?

Community

Population

Species

12 / 40

Which scientist proposed the theory of natural selection along with Darwin?

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Thomas Malthus

Alfred Russel Wallace

13 / 40

What is the mechanism of evolution that occurs when individuals with certain inherited traits leave more offspring than others?

Genetic drift

Gene flow

Natural selection

14 / 40

What is the term for the process of species changing over long periods of time?

Microevolution

Genetic drift

Macroevolution

15 / 40

What is the term for the process by which species evolve similar traits independently due to similar environmental pressures?

Divergent evolution

Convergent evolution

Parallel evolution

16 / 40

What is the term for the theory that all living organisms are related by descent from a common ancestor?

Adaptation

Natural selection

Common descent

17 / 40

What is the term for the process by which species evolve different traits in response to different environmental pressures?

Convergent evolution

Parallel evolution

Divergent evolution

18 / 40

What is the term for the movement of alleles between populations through the migration of individuals?

Genetic drift

Natural selection

Gene flow

19 / 40

What is the term for the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time?

Paleontology

Biogeography

Phylogeny

20 / 40

Which term describes the occurrence of two or more distinct forms of a trait within a population?

Polymorphism

Heterozygosity

Homozygosity

21 / 40

What is the term for the evolutionary change that occurs in a small population due to chance events?

Genetic drift

Gene flow

Natural selection

22 / 40

What is the term for the study of the relationships between organisms and their environments?

Biogeography

Ecology

Paleontology

23 / 40

What is the term for a population or group of populations whose members can interbreed and produce fertile offspring?

Evolutionary species

Hybrid species

Biological species

24 / 40

What is the process by which new species evolve rapidly from a common ancestor into a wide variety of forms?

Convergent evolution

Divergent evolution

Adaptive radiation

25 / 40

What is the term for a type of natural selection where individuals with average traits have the highest fitness?

Directional selection

Stabilizing selection

Disruptive selection

26 / 40

What is the name of the mechanism of evolution where individuals with certain traits are more likely to mate and reproduce?

Natural selection

Artificial selection

Sexual selection

27 / 40

What is the term for a diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms?

Phylogenetic tree

Evolutionary tree

Taxonomic tree

28 / 40

What is the term for a group of organisms that includes an ancestral species and all of its descendants?

Clade

Genus

Species

29 / 40

Who is considered the father of modern evolutionary theory?

Gregor Mendel

Alfred Russel Wallace

Charles Darwin

30 / 40

What is the name of the process where species evolve similar traits independently due to similar environmental pressures?

Divergent evolution

Adaptive radiation

Convergent evolution

31 / 40

What is the term for the process by which individuals with traits that are advantageous for their environment tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates?

Genetic drift

Natural selection

Gene flow

32 / 40

What is the term for the process by which species evolve in response to changes in each other over time?

Divergent evolution

Convergent evolution

Coevolution

33 / 40

What is the term for the process of evolution in which two species evolve in response to changes in each other?

Convergent evolution

Divergent evolution

Coevolution

34 / 40

What is the term for the process by which unrelated species evolve similar traits due to similar environmental pressures?

Analogous structures

Convergent evolution

Homologous structures

35 / 40

What is the term for a trait that has evolved for one purpose but is later co-opted for another function?

Mutation

Exaptation

Adaptation

36 / 40

What is the term for structures that have different functions but are similar in structure due to shared ancestry?

Vestigial structures

Analogous structures

Homologous structures

37 / 40

What is the term for the process by which organisms become better suited to their environment over time?

Adaptation

Speciation

Evolution

38 / 40

Which term describes the similarity in the structure of different species due to common ancestry?

Analogy

Homology

Convergence

39 / 40

What is the term for inherited characteristics that increase an organism's chances of survival and reproduction in a particular environment?

Adaptations

Variations

Mutations

40 / 40

Which type of evolution occurs when one species splits into two or more descendant species?

Divergent evolution

Convergent evolution

Coevolution

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