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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.Because they come from dominant alleles.Because they come from recessive alleles.Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes mutations?Always helpfulAlways harmfulCan be helpful or harmfulAlways neutral
- 3. Multiple Choice
Structures with the same parts have different functions; suggests that organisms share a common ancestryvestigial structureshomologous structuresadaptive radiationfossil - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhere the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.EvolutionNatural SelectionExtinctionArtifical Selection
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Darwin's theory of evolution suggest?species change over timeextinct species are not related to living speciesdifferent species can interbreedanimals that look alike are most closely related
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these best represents a time period in which an organism could evolve?5 days100 years10,000 years2 decades
- 7. Multiple Choice
a category of classification below a phylum
Kingdon
Domain
Phylum
Class
- 8. Multiple Choice
the largest division used to classify living things
Class
Domain
Genus
Species
- 9. Multiple Choice
Taxonomy is?
one of the three domains of life
the science of classifying and naming living things
organisms with spinal cords in their backs
one of the six kingdoms of life
- 10. Multiple Choice
I have no cell walls
I am eukaryotic
I reproduce sexually
I am multicellular
What kingdom do I belong to?
Plant
Animal
Protist
Fungi
- 11. Multiple Choice
Organisms are classified based on ________.
the number of them that exists in a species
their Greek names
similarities and evolutionary relationships
the year their fossils are discovered
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following lists the eight levels of classification in the correct order?
domain, kingdom, class, phylum, family, order, genus, species
kingdom, domain, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
kingdom, domain, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is binomial nomenclature?
system of 3 names
system of 2 names
the names of the kingdoms
the levels of classification
- 14. Multiple Choice
The 3 domains are Eukarya, Archaea, and
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Bacteria
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?Dark mothLight mothBoth will be equally successfulNeither will be successful
- 16. Multiple Choice
One of the accepted scientific theories describing the origin of life on Earth is known as chemical evolution. According to this theory, which of the following events would need to occur first for life to evolve?
onset of photosynthesis
origin of genetic material
Synthesis of organic molecules
formation of the plasma membrane
- 17. Multiple Choice
The Miller-Urey experiment of 1953 was designed to test the hypothesis that lightning supplied the energy needed to turn atmospheric gases into organic molecules such as amino acids. Which of the following describes why the Miller-Urey theory is widely accepted today?
Amino acids spontaneously form from molecules in the atmosphere today.
Organic molecules are present today in extremely high concentrations.
The process of synthesizing organic molecules from a mixture of gases has been successfully modeled in the laboratory.
No other alternative hypotheses have been introduced.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of cell came first?EukaryoticProkaryoticPlantBoth Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells evolved around the same time
- 19. Multiple Choice
The diagram below shows a proposed theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells, called endosymbiosis.
Which of the following explains why cells that contained mitochondria-like organelles had an evolutionary advantage?
They were able to photosynthesize
They had more DNA
They were able to make more use of available energy
They were immune to bacterial invasion.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceCells without a nucleus are said to be _____________________.EukaryoticProkaryotic
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe idea that Earth's early oceans had organic molecules that became the first life is called the...Primordial soup hypothesisBubble hypothesisMiller-Urey ExperimentRadioactive dating theory
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a unique trait that evolved in humans?
Bipedalism
A large cranium
Canine Teeth
Use of tools
- 23. Multiple ChoiceAbout 96% of the information in human DNA is found in gorilla DNA. This evidence supports which statement?Humans evolved from gorillas.Gorillas and humans diverged from a common ancestor.As gorillas evolve, they will become more similar to humans.Gorillas and humans are too different for meaningful genetic comparisons.
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