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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does it mean to be the "fittest" in an evolutionary sense?
the best able to avoid being eaten
the longest lived
the strongest
the most reproductively successful
- 2. Multiple ChoiceEvolution iscompletely randomfixed in one directionneither entirely fixed nor entirely random
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the goal of the tree of life:to explain how all species are related to each otherto be a library of all life that has ever livedto summarize the fossil recordto describe how natural selection works
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which way does time run on a phylogenic tree?From root to branch tipAcross branch tips from left to right - 5. Multiple ChoiceA mushroom is more likeA palm tree than a gecko because they are heterotrophs.A palm tree than a gecko because they are both photosynthetic autotrophsA gecko than a palm tree because they are both photosynthetic autotrophsA gecko than a palm tree because they are both heterotrophs.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAn amniote is an animal thatlays eggsdevelopes embryos inside a membranegives live birthhas eggs with hard shells
- 7. Multiple Choice
Under a microscope, if an organism's cells have visible nuclei, it is considered...
prokaryotic
heterotrophic
eukaryotic
autotrophic
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the difference between seaweed and a banana, lemon, onion and radish?It is a vegetableIt has leavesIt is a photosynthetic autotrophIt reproduces with spores
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich fossil layer is the oldest?EDBA
- 10. Multiple ChoiceFossils provide all of the following EXCEPT?Examples of transitional speciesComplete record of Earth's pastPhysical proof of extinction and speciationEvidence that evolutionary change is gradual
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is another name for the "wishbone"?
lucky bone
sternum
shoulder blade
furcula
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat distinguishes the feathers in modern birds and Archaeopteryx from other theropods?Barbsshaftsfilamentsfibers
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA group on a phylogenic tree that includes an ancestor and all of its descendants is called acladetaxonphylumorder
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhen did whale ancestors begin living full time in water?Before they evolved gillsAfter they nursed under waterAfter they lost their legsbefore a carnivorous diet
- 15. Multiple ChoiceAnimals that descended from a 4 limbed ancestor are called?non-tetrapodsOrnithischiaTriceratopstetrapods
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhen 2 groups of organisms independently evolve similar adaptations it is called....divergent evolutionco-evolutionconvergent evolutiontetraevolution
- 17. Multiple Choice
Evolution is...
An increase in complexity over time.
The tendency of species to improve over time
Any change to the genetic composition of a population.
All of these options
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhen comparing the DNA of 2 closely related, you would expect their DNA to be _________________ the DNA of 2 distantly related organisms.less similar thanmore similar thanthe same as
- 19. Multiple Choice
When looking at a segment of DNA from a shark, cichlid, lungfish coelacanth and frog(pg. 3-3 of handout), which is coelacanth most closely related?
frog
lungfish
cichlid and shark equally
frog and lungfish equally
- 20. Multiple Choice
A. vinosum is most closely related to which organisms? (hint: DNA sequences on p. 3-3)
M. acetivorans and P. aerophilium
D. radiodurans and T. thermophilus
S. solfatarucus and T. thermophilus
D. radiodurans and P. aerophilium
- 21. Multiple Choice
How do organisms arrive on newly formed volcanic islands?
evolution
carried by wind or water
form from cooling lava
Pangaea was once a supercontinent
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which two trees are closely related yet one is species is found in South America and another is found in Australia? (Hint: use the character matrix on p. 4-3)
Bois bouchon & Coral reef pine
Coral reef pine & Norfolk island pine
Monkey puzzle tree & Parana pine
Bois bouchon & Pino hayuelo
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which species represents the outgroup of the others?
Elephant
Flying squirrel
Rat snake
Sugar glider
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which pair of mammals are most closely related?
elephant & flying squirrel
flying squirrel & sugar glider
platypus & kangaroo
elephant & kangaroo
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