1. Leaving Certificate Biology Evolution, Variation and Mutations

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4. For €100: What term is given to the genetic makeup of an individual or the genes that they inherit? Genetic code 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend Genotype A B Phenotype Gene pool D C

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6. For €100: What term is given to the genetic makeup of an individual or the genes that they inherit? Ask the audiencePhone a friend Genotype A B Phenotype D C

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9. For €200: A spontaneous change in the sequence of nitrogenous bases in a gene or a chromosome is called … 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend Phenotype Genotype A B Test cross Mutation D C

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11. For €200: A spontaneous change in the sequence of nitrogenous bases in a gene or a chromosome is called … Ask the audiencePhone a friend A B Test cross Mutation D C

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14. For €300: A feature that an organism or species possesses, develops or evolves that suits/adjusts the organism to its environment to increase its chances of survival and reduce competition is … 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend An adaptation Evolution A B Natural selection A vestigial form D C

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16. For €300: A feature that an organism or species possesses, develops or evolves that suits/adjusts the organism to its environment to increase its chances of survival and reduce competition is … Ask the audiencePhone a friend An adaptation A B Natural selection D C

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19. For €500: How modern plants and animals have gradually developed from pre-existing forms over long periods of time is also known as … 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend Evolution Natural selection A B Adaptation Mutations D C

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21. For €500: How modern plants and animals have gradually developed from pre-existing forms over long periods of time is also known as … Ask the audiencePhone a friend Evolution Natural selection A B D C

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24. For €1,000: The ability to cycle a bicycle is an example of … 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend A gene expression A spontaneous generation A B An inherited variation An acquired variation D C

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26. For €1,000: The ability to cycle a bicycle is an example of … Ask the audiencePhone a friend A B An inherited variation An acquired variation D C

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29. For €2,000: Which of the following describes characters of organisms that have seemingly lost most or all of their function in a species through evolution? 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend Vestigiality Pentadactyl A B Homologous Adaptive radiation D C

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31. For €2,000: Which of the following describes characters of organisms that have seemingly lost most or all of their function in a species through evolution? Ask the audiencePhone a friend Vestigiality A B Homologous D C

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34. For €4,000: The term used to describe the same structure found on different organisms, originating from a common ancestor, but with different functions is … 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend Adaptive radiation Vestigial structure A B Homologous structure Pentadactyl limb D C

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36. For €4,000: The term used to describe the same structure found on different organisms, originating from a common ancestor, but with different functions is … Ask the audiencePhone a friend Adaptive radiation A B Homologous structure D C

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39. For €8,000: The way nature selects organisms with advantageous genes which allow them to adapt to the environment, and pass them on to successive generations is known as … 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend Natural selection Adaptation A B Evolution Mutations D C

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41. For €8,000: The way nature selects organisms with advantageous genes which allow them to adapt to the environment, and pass them on to successive generations is known as … Ask the audiencePhone a friend Natural selection A B Evolution D C

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44. For €16,000: What term is given to the five-fingered appendage found in nearly all terrestrial vertebrates? 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend Forelimb Pentadactyl limb A B Hindlimb None of these D C

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46. For €16,000: What term is given to the five-fingered appendage found in nearly all terrestrial vertebrates? Ask the audiencePhone a friend Forelimb Pentadactyl limb A B D C

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49. For €32,000: Which of the following is not an inheritable blood disorder? 50:50Ask the audiencePhone a friend Haemophilia Diabetes mellitus A B Cystic fibrosis Sickle cell anaemia D C

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