Classification + Evolution

Question 1

The beginning or creation of a new species.

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speciation

Question 2

Which can be shown by similar amino acid/DNA patterns?

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common ancestor

Question 3

What did Darwin see on the Galapagos?

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animals adapted to specific islands but similar to mainland

Question 4

What does biological fitness mean?

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offspring production

Question 5

The age of the earth is measured in ________ of years.

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Billions

Question 6

A change in an organisms DNA is called a _________.

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mutation

Question 7

A scientific name is written in italics

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True

Question 8

The youngest fossil can be found in layer

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A

Question 9

What term is given to the two-part name used for organisms?

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Binomial Nomenclature

Question 10

Speciation occurs when:

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Members can no longer interbreed & produce viable offspring

Question 11

Which taxon makes up the first part of a scientific name?

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Genus

Question 12

All the genes in a specific area together are known as...

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gene pool

Question 13

The branch of science that deals with the classification of organisms

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Taxonomy

Question 14

What do you call the evidence of evolution related to studying the developing embryos?

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embryology

Question 15

When a scientific name is written, both the genus and the species are capitalized

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False

Question 16

Why does competition occur?

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limited resources

Question 17

True or False: The more similar DNA sequences are in organisms the closer they are related.

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True

Question 18

True or false: Genetic equilibrium is caused by mutations in the gene pool.

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False

Question 19

When a physical barrier causes a species to not be able to interbreed over time it is called

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Geographic isolation

Question 20

The following picture is an example of:

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Camouflage

Question 21

What type of evidence is similar DNA?

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biochemical

Question 22

Gene flow is

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Movement of individuals in and out of a population

Question 23

What would cause the LEAST changes in a population?

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Large population, few mutations

Question 24

In natural selection, "survival of the fittest" are the populations that are the

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Best Adapted

Question 25

Animals are often well suited to their....

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environment

Question 26

Alteration of allele frequencies by chance events is defined as

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Genetic Drift

Question 27

When we see a similar bone structure but not necessarily a similar function...

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homologous structures

Question 28

A preserved remain of an organism.

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fossil

Question 29

What tool do scientists use to map parts of evolutionary history?

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Cladogram

Question 30

Charles Darwin noticed a variety of adaptations to which body part of the Finch?

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Beak

Question 31

What if a river separated one species of rats? What is this called?

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geographic isolation

Question 32

Which taxon is the largest of the taxonomic categories?

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Kingdom

Question 33

Fossils can be found in

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Amber

Question 34

The image is an example of what type of structure?

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Vestigial

Question 35

What was the ship that Darwin traveled on called?

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The Beagle

Question 36

Fins of a dolphin and a shark have similar function & different evolutionary origins. This is:

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Analogous structures

Question 37

What is the best explanation why HIV medications stop working over time in many patients?

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Viruses with drug-resistance mutations reproduce more.

Question 38

Variation is an important part of Darwin's theory. Why?

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allows natural selection to work

Question 39

When animals become more and more similar because of the environment they are in...

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convergent evolution

Question 40

We do not use our appendix anymore...what it is called?

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vestigial structure

Question 41

Which is NOT evidence of the theory of evolution?

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Radioactive elements

Question 42

If individuals are not well suited for the environment what might happen?

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they die and don't reproduce in time

Question 43

All the alleles of a population is defined as:

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gene pool

Question 44

What is the definition of a species?

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mate and produce fertile offspring

Question 45

Which taxon makes up the second part of a scientific name?

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Species

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