NY Regents Living Environment Understanding Evolution — practice questions

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Knock out the false evolution lines

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Question
Three of these claims about how evolution works are false.
Choices
1. Explanation
  It covers how populations change, not the beginning of the first cells.
  Item
  Evolution explains how life began
2. Item
  Populations evolve, not individuals
  Correct
  Yes
3. Explanation
  Evolution has no goal, and a trait that fits now can be fatal later.
  Item
  Species get better over time
4. Explanation
  The resistance gene sat in the gene pool before the drug arrived.
  Item
  Antibiotics create resistance genes
Question
Three of these claims about natural selection are false.
Choices
1. Explanation
  The variation selection works on is already in the population.
  Item
  Variation appears when it is needed
2. Explanation
  Inheritance of characteristics gained in a lifetime was discredited.
  Item
  Selection acts on acquired habits
3. Explanation
  Many mutations are neutral and some raise fitness instead.
  Item
  Every mutation harms its carrier
4. Item
  A trait must be inherited to be selected
  Correct
  Yes

Instructions

Tap each claim about evolution you can prove false. The one true claim stays standing.

_Source: OpenStax Biology 1e, section 18.1 Understanding Evolution_

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Match each evolution term to its rule