Natural Selection
Theory
Patterns
Geologic Time
Random
100
A frog that can easily outcompete other members of its species for food has high...
A. Fitness
B. Mutations
C. Adaptability
D. Selectability
A. Fitness
100
Who wrote the famous book The Origin of Species?
A. Hutton and Lyell
B. Alfred Russell Wallace
C. Charles Darwin
C. Charles Darwin
100
Whales have a pelvis that they do not use, this is an example of a ...
A. Fossil structure
B. Homologous structure
C. Vestigial structure
C. Vestigial Structure
100
Which of the following came first?
A. Chickens
B. Reptiles
C. Dinosaurs
D. Eggs
D. Eggs
100
What are the 3 costs associated with certain animal behaviors?
A. time, risk, survivorship
B. energy, risk, loss of opportunity
C. instinct, survivorship, risk
B. energy, risk, loss of opportunity
200
When humans selectively breed animals for desirable traits (think dogs, horses, pigeons) we call this ...
artificial selection
200
What did Hutton and Lyell theorize about the Earth?
The Earth is VERY old
200
Bats, humans, penguins and alligators all have similar arm bone structures despite the limbs not looking/working exactly the same. This would be an example of a ...
A. Extinct structure
B. Vestigial structure
C. Homologous structure
D. Analogous structure
C. Homologous structure
200
What is the name of the largest-ever mass extinction?
A. K-T extinction
B. End-Permian extinction
C. End-Triassic extinction
D. Mesozoic Extinction
B. End-Permian Extinction
200
The Barred owl is moving into new areas that it did not previously inhabit, this is an example of...
Range Expansion!
300
Define Natural selection.
Organisms with beneficial traits survive and reproduce. Organisms with less beneficial traits die.
300
____________ is the study of similarities in vertebrate embryos such as fish, reptiles and mammals. This provides evidence of a distant common ancestor.
Embryology
300
Which of the following is the correct term for a significant change happening to a small population as a result of random loss of life?
A. Founder effect
B. Genetic drift
C. Gene pool
D. Bottleneck effect
B. Genetic Drift
300
Was the first life on earth prokaryotes or eukaryotes?
AND
Did they live on land or in the ocean?
Prokaryotes, In the ocean
300
What sport did Ms. Cooney play in college?
Track and Field
400
Define evolution.
A change in a species traits over time.
400
Who was the scientist that shared his essay with Charles Darwin, confirming his theory on natural selection?
A. Wallace
B. Lyell
C. Hutton
D. Fitzroy
A. Wallace
400
Look at the following graph. What pattern of selection is being depicted?
Stabilizing selection
400
The rapid extinction of a large number of species on Earth is called a...
Mass Extinction
400
What sport did Miss Crum play in college?
Softball