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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the best known for making the thought of evolution acceptable for scientist in the 19th century?
Alfred Wallace
Charles Darwin
James Hutton
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
- 2. Multiple Choice
hrough careful observation of Charles Darwin, which phrase best described where Darwin came to know that?
populations of plants and animals in nature most frequently contains individuals that are clones of every other
those individuals whose variation gives them a plus in staying alive long enough to breed are more likely to pass their traits on to subsequent generation
populations of a species that become isolated from others by adapting to different environmental niches quickly become extinct
All of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is true about Charles Darwin?
He believed that evolution was thanks to the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
He supported Lamarck's explanation of how evolution occurred.
He understood that the variation that exists in natural populations of plants or animals is that the results of repeated mutations.
None of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which phrase best defines evolution by natural selection?
an adaptation of a species to its environment
a sudden replacement of 1 population by another
Changes during a species because it becomes more perfect
a process of change in species over time
- 5. Multiple Choice
A phylogenetic tree that is ʺrootedʺ is one, which of the following best described.
that extends back to the origin of life on Earth
at whose base is found the common ancestor of all taxa depicted thereon tree
that illustrates the rampant gene swapping that occurred early in lifeʹs history
that indicates our uncertainty about the evolutionary relationships of the taxa depicted on the tree.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT an example of physical adaptations traits by natural selection?
Color
Camouflage
Mimicry
Migration
- 7. Multiple Choice
A random manner in which a trait can be favored or lost in a given population
Genetic drift
Non random mating
Natural selection
Mutation
- 8. Multiple Choice
The movement of species from one location to another
Migration
Non random mating
Natural selection
Mutation
- 9. Multiple Choice
Occurs when there is a disruption in the complimentary base pairing of the DNA or alteration within the nucleotide sequences.
Migration
Non random mating
Natural selection
Mutation
- 10. Multiple Choice
Can occur when individuals prefer mates with particular superior physical characteristics or by the preference of individuals to mate with individuals similar to themselves.
Migration
Non random mating
Natural selection
Mutation
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