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NOTE: If your teacher’s last
name is not Elliott, then you are doing the wrong assessment. ---This assessment is only for
students of other teachers. ---If your teacher is Mr. Elliott, then please go back to the website
and click on the first assessment link instead. Thanks!
In a population of spiders
there are three different sizes: small, medium, and large. ---The large spiders are easily seen
by predators. ---Small spiders have a difficult time finding food. Small Variant | Medium Variant | Large Variant | | | | | | | What will most likely happen to this population of spiders
after many generations?
a. | Large spiders will learn to hide from predators | b. | Medium spiders will
be the most plentiful | c. | Small and large spiders will
mutate | d. | Small and medium spiders will be the least plentiful |
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This data table shows the percentage of individuals in a population of insects
that were killed by two different insecticides. Insect Termination
Percentages | Population | Insecticide
1 | Insecticide 2 | 1 | 12.8 % | 48.5 % | 2 | 52.5 % | 2 % | 3 | 28.6 % | 9.2 % | 4 | 0 % | 0 % | 5 | 2.8 % | 66.6 % | 6 | 3.6 % | 78.5 % | | | | Two-part question:Part 1: Which
population would be most affected from the first insecticide? Part 2: Which
population would be least affected from the second insecticide?
a. | Population one is most affected by insecticide 1. Population two is least affected
by insecticide 2. | b. | Population four is most affected by insecticide
1. Population two is least affected by insecticide 2. | c. | Population two is
most affected by insecticide 1. Population four is least affected by insecticide
2. | d. | Population five is most affected by insecticide 1. Population six is least
affected by insecticide 2. |
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One population of rabbits in a meadow near a forest in Canada contained four
variants 1) Rabbits that could run faster 2) Rabbits that had light colored fur (white or
gray) 3) Rabbits with dark colored fur (black or brown) 4) Rabbits that had larger ears From
1987 to 1988 the climate changed so that the winter lasted much longer than usual. Which variant of rabbits most
likely benefited during this period of climate change?
a. | The rabbits with larger ears were the best adapted to this change in
climate. | b. | Rabbits with darker colored fur benefited and increased in
numbers. | c. | Rabbits with lighter colored fur benefited and increased in
numbers. | d. | The faster rabbits had a significant advantage over the slower rabbits.
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This data table shows the percentage of individuals in a population of insects
that survived after the application of two different insecticides. Insect Survival Percentages | Population | Insecticide 1 | Insecticide
2 | 1 | 12.8 % | 48.5 % | 2 | 52.5 % | 2 % | 3 | 28.6 % | 9.2 % | 4 | 0 % | 0 % | | | | Two-part
question:Part 1: Which population would be most affected from the first
insecticide? Part 2: Which population would be least affected from the first
insecticide?
a. | Population two is most affected, and population three is least
affected. | b. | Population four is most affected, and population two is least
affected. | c. | Population one is most affected, and population two is least
affected. | d. | Population two is most affected, and population four is least
affected. |
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The following table shows four different populations of bacteria and the
percentages that are resistant to different antibiotics. Population | Antibiotic X | Antibiotic Y | Antibiotic
Z | 1 | 17.1 % | 0.0 % | 30.1 % | 2 | 46.9% | 18.4% | 0.0% | 3 | 95.1 % | 1.6 % | 82.0% | 4 | 3.3 % | 26.6 % | 4.1% | | | | | If
all four populations start with the same number of bacteria, which population will have the
fewest number of survivors when treated with Antibiotic Z?
a. | 2nd population | b. | 1st population | c. | 4th population | d. | 3rd
population |
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The picture below shows male stag beetles
that have different mandible types.
---Male beetles with large
mandibles are best at guarding burrows where females have laid eggs (see image A above). ---Males
whose mandibles are absent are best at digging alternate entrances to a guarded burrow to reach
females (see image A above). ---The table shows the number of male stag beetles with different
mandible types in one population (see image B above).
Based on this information,
which two mandible types will probably become less common in this population over
time?
a. | Absent and Medium | c. | Large
and Medium | b. | Absent and
Small | d. | Small and Medium |
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1st Year: A farmer spayed an insecticide on his crops, and it
killed 100% of the aphids. 2nd Year: He used the same insecticide the next year,
but it only killed 75% of the aphids. 3rd year: He used the same insecticide the
3rd year, but it only killed 50% of the aphids. ----In other words, the aphid population became
resistant to this insecticide. How does this process occur?
a. | The plants displayed a structural adaptation to the insecticide. Each year after
being sprayed, the plants slowly changed their physical characteristics to repel the insects.
| b. | The insects displayed a behavioral adaptation by flying away each year when the
farmer was spraying. Then the next year they returned in larger numbers. | c. | A small percentage
of bugs were not effected in the first year of spraying. These survivors then passed along their
insecticide resistant genes to the next generation. | d. | This process is called natural selection. It
occurs when organisms randomly move from one territory to another. The insects simply moved around
each year. |
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Variation happens as a result of the exchange of
genetic information as it is passed from parent to offspring. Which of the following is
true about inherited variation?
a. | Variation can influence the amount of rainfall in an ecosystem | b. | Variation can
influence the resources that are available to an organism. | c. | Variation can
influence the amount of available food in an ecosystem | d. | Variation can influence whether organisms are
more likely to survive to reproduce. |
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The habitat of a moth species included trees with both light and dark colored
bark. Therefore the moth species included both light and dark colored variants. Then the light-colored trees were
wiped out by a disease, and within a few years nearly all the moths in this forest were dark
colored Which of the following choices BEST explains what happened?
a. | The light moths changed their wing pigments to darker colors to avoid being
eaten. | b. | The dark moths were less visible to predators, so mostly light moths were
eaten. | c. | The light moths that survived all had dark offspring in order to adapt to the
change. | d. | The few light moths that survived did not mate, and therefore they had no
offspring. |
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A population of birds only ate seeds from two different types of trees. About
half of the birds had smaller beaks for eating small seeds, and the other half had larger beaks for
eating big seeds. A drought
occurred over several years, and it killed off all of the trees with the small seeds. At the end of
this dry period, nearly all the birds had larger beaks. How is this best explained?
a. | The birds with larger beaks killed and ate the birds with smaller
beaks. | b. | Larger beaked birds were better at eating the large seeds from the trees that
survived. | c. | A new predator arrived in this ecosystem, and it only ate small beaked
birds. | d. | The small-beaked birds grew larger beaks so
they could eat big seeds. |
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