Skip to content

Course home

Question bank·5.2 Natural selection and evolution
Sign up

5.2 Natural selection and evolution

EasyMediumHard
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556
Question 56

Taxonomists use molecular phylogenetics to determine the evolutionary relationships among several newly discovered plant species.

Which of the following features would they analyze for this type of classification?

A

The anatomical structure of the leaf epidermis

B

The sequence of nucleotides in a specific chloroplast gene

C

The ecological niche and growth habit of the plant

D

The number of sepals and petals in the flowers

Markscheme

5.2 Natural selection and evolution Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /5.2 Natural selection and evolution

122 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 5.2 Natural selection and evolution, covering 5.2.1 Genetic variation within a population, 5.2.2 Developments in classification systems, 5.2.3 How evolution occurs through natural selection, 5.2.4 Evolution as change over time, 5.2.5 Evidence for evolution, and 5.2.6 Darwin and Wallace. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

More questions