Knock out the false evolution lines

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. 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

2. 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.

Explanation