Cultivation of Corn Over Thousands of Years Has Resulted in a Modern

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Multiple Choice

Cultivation of corn over thousands of years has resulted in a modern corncob that looks very different from the tiny ancestral cob.Does this support the concept of evolution?

• A)No.The change in corn was accidental and does not demonstrate the process of evolution.
• B)Yes.The change in corn is an example of natural selection and demonstrates the process of evolution.
• C)No.Artificial selection is driven by humans rather than natural selection and does not demonstrate what occurs in the wild.
• D)Yes.Artificial selection demonstrates that evolution can occur,even though the driving force was humans rather than natural selection.

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Definitions:

Simple Reflexes

Inborn automatic responses to certain stimuli that are present from birth, such as the sucking reflex in infants.

Mental Representations

Internal cognitive symbols that represent external reality, allowing individuals to process information and make sense of the world.

Primary Circular Reactions

Repetitive actions focused on the body that infants engage in by chance and then continue because they find them pleasurable, marking a stage in sensorimotor development.

Assimilation

The process by which individuals or groups absorb the cultural aspects of another, often the dominant, society.