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1. It is believed that guppies living in downstream pools show stronger schooling behaviour than those living upstream because:

  • Food is more plentiful
  • Predation risk is higher
  • Food is more plentiful
  • Water flows are slower
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2. Which statement about the fossil record is true?

  • Evolution always in bursts
  • Life is old and has changed over time
  • All life on earth evolved at the same time
  • Evolution always takes ages

3. Process by which new species are formed from pre-existing species over a long period of time is:

  • Genetic drift
  • Migration
  • Macroevolution
  • Speciation

4. Which is correct about DNA?

  • Discovered by Mendel
  • Undergoes semi conservative replication
  • Compromises entirely of Genes
  • Mutates when required

5. Which of the following is INCORRECT?

  • Ecology is the scientific study of the relationship between organisms and their environments
  • Ecology only accounts for the biotic environemnet
  • Ecology is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms, and the interactions that determine distribution and abundance
  • Ecology helps understand where organisms are found, how many occur there, and why

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