Phylogenetic Trees
Principles of Natural Selection
Patterns of Evolution
Evidence of evolution
General Evolution Knowledge
100
In a phylogenetic tree, the common ancestor that gave rise to all the groups shown is found:
What is at the root of the tree?
100
A pair of rabbits has several litters each year, producing more babies than the environment can support.
Which concept is described?
What is overproduction of offspring?
100
A new species of fish forms after part of the population becomes isolated in a separate lake.
Which concept is described?
What is speciation?
100
What type of evidence does this picture show?
What is embryology?
100
Birds and bats both evolved wings independently for flight.
Which concept is described?
What is Convergent Evolution?
200
Which organism is the least related?
What is Lamprey?
200
Some insects look like leaves, helping them hide from predators.
Which concept is described?
What is adaptation?
200
Dinosaurs disappeared from Earth after a massive asteroid impact changed the environment.
Which concept is described?
What is extinction?
200
Which type of evidence does this picture show?
What is biochemistry?
200
As a plant develops toxins to avoid being eaten, insects evolve resistance to those toxins.
Which concept is described?
What is coevolution?
300
What animal is most related to primates?
What are rodents and rabbits?
300
Some deer in a herd run faster than others.
Which concept is described?
What is variation?
300
Fossils reveal a species changing slowly and continuously over millions of years.
Which concept is described?
What is Gradualism?
300
The picture below shows what type of structure?
What is vestigial structure?
300
Humans moving between regions and having children introduce new genetic combinations into populations.
Which concept is described?
What is gene flow?
400
What is the most common ancestor for A and B?
What is number 3?
400
Over time, bacteria populations become resistant to antibiotics after repeated exposure.
Which concept is described?
What is Descent with Modification?
400
Fossil evidence shows little change in a species until a sudden environmental disruption causes rapid evolution.
Which concept is described?
What is punctuated equilibrium?
400
The picture below shows what type of structure?
What is Homologus structure?
400
Female peacocks prefer males with large, colorful tails when choosing mates.
Which concept is described?
What is sexual selection?
500
What traits do bony fish have?
What are vertebrae, jaws and bony skeleton?
500
List 3 of the rules for hardy Weinberg equilibrium?
What is the Population is large, Must be random mating, No migration, No mutations, and No natural selection?
500
Different species of cats evolved from a shared ancestor but adapted to different habitats.
Which concept is described?
What is Divergent evolution?
500
The picture below shows what type of structure?
What is analogous?
500
A hurricane randomly kills most of a lizard population, leaving only a few survivors with certain traits.
Which concept is described?
What is genetic drift?