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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of evolution?
The creation of a new species
The changing of apes into man
A change in allele frequency across generations
The process of an organism becoming adapted to its environment
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which statement(s) about evolution below is false?
It is unaccepted by science because of a lack of evidence
Man evolved from chimpanzees
Evolution will eventually end when a perfect organism is created
Humans are done evolving
- 3. Multiple Choice
A species of toad produces a pheromone which is able to repel predators while also attracting females to mate with during the spring. What type of selection drove the creation of this pheromone?
Ecological Selection
Sexual Selection
Artificial Selection
Chemical Selection
- 4. Multiple Choice
A herd of elephants uses their trunks to get food more than another heard. Since they are using their trunks so much they get longer and stronger. Then those elephants pass on long strong trunk genes to their kids because they used them so much. Whose idea is this and is it right or wrong?
Lemark; wrong
Lemark; right
Darwin; wrong
Darwin; right
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which line of evidence is shown when we look a similar parts between organisms that have a common ancestor? Like the arm bones in mammals.
Embryology
Vestigial Organs
Homologous Structures
Fossil Record
- 6. Multiple Choice
In a group of penguins the small ones freeze to death and the large ones starve to death. Which type of selection curve is this?
Stabilizing
Disruptive
Directional
Combinative
- 7. Multiple Choice
A bird has mutated a crest of feathers to attract mates, but is a bit of a prude and will only mate with singing birds. What type of isolation and evolutionary selection is this?
Sexual Selection
Ecological Selection
Behavioral Isolation
Mechanical Isolation
Gametic Isolation
- 8. Multiple Choice
What things below are pieces of evidence for Endosymbiotic Theory?
Mitochondria has its own DNA separate from the cell
Mitochondrial DNA is in the shape of a circle like bacteria
Mitochondria divide using binary fission like prokaryotes
Mitochondria consume nutrients like bacteria
Mitochondria Move through the cell like prokaryotes
- 9. Multiple Choice
What type of evolution can be seen when we compare bats, eagles, and flying fish?
Convergent Evolution
Divergent Evolution
Comparative Evolution
Flight Evolution
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which things are automorphies on this cladogram.
Limbs
Live Birth
Hooves
Bald Head
Binocular Vision
- 11. Multiple Choice
There is a population of penguins who begin mating in the spring to give their eggs a better chance to survive. While other still mate in fall. What type of reproductive isolation is this?
Gametic Isolation
Temporal Isolation
Geographic Isolation
Mechanical Isolation
Behavioral Isolation
- 12. Multiple Choice
What hypothesis suggests that life on Earth started from inorganic materials reacting to make organic ones?
Abiogenesis
Exogenesis
Adaptation
Evolution
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which organism has only these traits: limbs and live birth?
Pallid Gerbil
Fennec Fox
Dromedary Camel
Nubian Ibex
White Throated Bee Eater
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