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Questions

1. According to William's Lottery, sexual reproduction increases diversity so more offspring will survive and reproduce.

A. True

B. False

2. Which of the following is one explanation for the evolution of sexual reproduction?

A. It allows for a more rapid rate of reproduction.

B. It allows for greater parental investment.

C. It allows harmful mutations to be selected out.

D. It allows for accelerated evolution.

3. According to lecture, why is it incomplete to claim that social forces are the "cause" of sex differences in sexuality?

A. Because the environment cannot cause changes in an organism unless the organism has innate mechanisms in place to process the environmental input

B. Because this explanation does not account for why these social forces exist in the first place

C. Because this explanation does not account for why many sex differences continue to exist regardless of society, culture, or ethnicity/race

D. All of the above reasons are correct.

4. Which of the following is NOT among the facts of evolution?

A. The Earth is approximately 4.5 billion-years-old.

B. Certain species once existed that no longer exist.

C. All current forms of life come from previous life forms that were different.

D. Natural selection is the only evolutionary process identified by Darwin.

5. Environmental mismatch occurs when an adaptation is no longer adaptive in an environment that differs from the one in which it evolved.

A. True

B. False