Evolution 1
Darwin's Theory of Evolution is called?
A. Adapt and Survive
B. Use and Disuse
C. Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
D. Natural Selection
What is: D. Natural Selection
How well an organisms can survive and reproduce n its environment is called it's:
A. Adaptation
B. Mutation
C. Fitness
D. Gene Flow
What is: C. Fitness
Which of the following is MOST LIKELY needed for a new species to form?
A. Sexual reproduction
B. Mutations
C. Reproductive Isolation
D. Asexual reproduction
What is: C. Reproductive Isolation
Which of the following would be an example of Lamark's theory of evolution?
A. Giraffe's stretching their necks and passing it onto their offspring
B. A male fiddler crab using his claw a lot during his lifetime, it getting larger and passing it on
C. A woman bodybuilder passing her muscle onto her offspring
D. All of these
What is: D. All of these
If only German Shepherd's only mate with German Shepherd's, this illustrates?
A. Random Mating
B. Non-Random Mating
C. Asexual reproduction
D. Genetic Drift
What is: B. Non-Random Mating
Which of the following is the BEST description of evolution?
A. Change over Time
B. Variations in a population
C. Sexual reproduction
D. Genetic Equilibrium
What is A. Change Over Time
An insect is born resembling a branch of a tree and blending into the background. These inheritable characteristics are called:
A. Recombination
B. Mutations
C. Adaptations
D. Speciation
What is: C. Adaptations
Beak size in the various groups of Galápagos finches changed primarily in response to
A. climate.
B. mating preference.
C. food source.
D. availability of water.
What is: C. food source.
Mutations are:
A. Natural processes that produce genetic diversity
B. Harmful
C. Beneficial
D. All of these
What is: D. All of these
What does the following illustrate? If a horse breeder wants to breed a Kentucky Derby winning horse to produce a faster offspring.
A. Natural Selection
B. Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
C. Artificial Selection
D. Genetic Drift
What is: C. Artificial Selection
Which of the following IS NOT true about Crossing Over?
A. It creates more genetic diversity
B. It occurs during Meiosis
C. It occurs during Mitosis
D. It is a natural process
Who is: C. It occurs during Mitosis
Which of the following IS NOT true of the Cell (Plasma) Membrane?
A. Made Phospholipid Bilayer
B. Controls what goes in and out of the cell
C. Has a rigid framework
D. Protects the cell
What is: C. Has a rigid framework
The evolution of 14 different species of finches from 1 ancesteral finch on the Galapagos Islands is called:
A. Concergent evolution
B. Adaptive Radiation
C. Co-Evolution
D. Punctuated Equilibrium
What is: B. Adaptive Radiation
Miller and Urey simulated Earth's early atmosphere uses gases (no oxygen), water, and a spark to simulate lightning. Which of the following were they able to create?
A. Amino Acids which make proteins
B. Fatty Acids which make lipids
C. Glucose which makes carbohydrates
D. Nucleotides which make Nucleic Acids
What is: A. Amino Acids which make proteins
What are effects of genetic drift and gene flow?
A. Change in gene frequency
B. Change in DNA replication patterns
C. Change in vision acuity
D. Change in organism size
What is: A. Change in gene frequency
Which of the following DOES NOT increase genetic diversity?
A. Mutations
B. Genetic Drift
C. Recombinations due to sexual reproduction
D. ALL OF THESE increase diversity
What is: B. Genetic Drift
What type of evolution explains how 2 different species, like a shark and a dolphin can look alike?
A. Adaptive Radiation
B. Punctuated Equilibrium
C. Convergent Evolution
D. Co-Evolution
What is: C. Convergent Evolution
All of the following played a role in speciation of Galápagos finches EXCEPT
A. no changes in the gene pool.
B. separation of populations.
C. reproductive isolation.
D. natural selection.
What is: A. no changes in the gene pool.
For which species of birds is it MOST LIKELY that at least some will survive in the presence of a disease?
A. Species 1 (Low Genetic Variation)
B. Species 2 (Medium Genetic Variation)
C. Species 3 (High Genetic Variation)
D. They all have about the same chance
What is: C. Species 3 (High Genetic Variation)
Which of the following is NOT found in BOTH animal and plant cells?
A. Cell (plasma) membrane
B. Mitochondria
C. Chloroplast
D. Nucleus
What is: C. Chloroplast
Which of the following IS NOT part of Darwin's theory of evolution?
A. There are variations within a population
B. Some variations are favorable
C. Modifications during lifetime are passed to offspring
D. More young are produced than can survive
What is: C. Modifications during lifetime are passed to offspring
Which of the following IS NOT an example of Natural selection?
A. English peppered moth population changing
B. Giraffe's stretching their necks and getting longer
C. Finches on the Galapagos Island
D. ALL OF THESE ARE
What is: B. Giraffe's stretching their necks and getting longer
If the male blue footed booby does not do his mating dance correctly, this would result in?
a.temporal isolation.
b.geographic isolation.
c.behavioral isolation.
d.reproductive isolation.
What is: c.behavioral isolation
The 1st Cells on Earth were probably:
A. Aerobic and Prokaryotic
B. Anaerobic and Prokaryotic
C. Photosynthetic and Prokaryotic
D. Heterotrophic and Eukaryotic
What is: B. Anaerobic and Prokaryotic
Which of the following BEST ILLUSTRATES Natural selection?
A. The biggest and strongest survive and reproduce
B. The smartest and fastest survive and reproduce
C. An organism with favorable genetic variations survive and reproduce
D. A community works together utilizing all existing resources
What is: C. An organism with favorable genetic variations survive and reproduce