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Review for HONORS BIOLOGY.
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Which of the following are changes in allele frequency due to chance?
Genetic Drift
Gene Flow
Natural Selection
Adaptations
2
Who created the building blocks of proteins (potential for life) with water, heat, electricity?
Lamarck
Miller
Bill Nye
Darwin
3
Which theory says that changes in land were caused by slow changes over a long period of time?
Gradualism
Uniformitarianism
Geology
Catastrophism
4
Isolation between populations due to differences in courtship/mating behaviors.
Geographic Isolation
Behavioral Isolation
Reproductive Isolation
Temporal Isolation
5
"Species w/adaptations that best fit the enviro survive & reproduce offspring w/same trait."
Adapation
Overproduction
Variation
Descent with Modification
6
Gene flow _________ genetic diversity.
What unit is this?
decreases
increases
has no effect on
7
Features that have similar functions, but not similar in origin.
Vestigial Structures
Anatomy
Analogous Structures
Homologous Structures
8
Who proposed catastrophism?
Hutton
Buffon
C. Darwin
Cuvier
9
Hind limbs in some snake species are examples of....
Anatomy
Vestigial Structures
Analogous Structures
Homologous Structures
10
What is the third largest tier of classification? (Not including domains).
Kingdom
Class
Order
Species
11
"Evolution of two or more species from one ancestral species."
Coevolution
Convergent Evolution
Natural Selection
Speciation
12
In Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, what does "2pq" represent?
Frequency of homozygous recessive
Frequency of homozygous dominant
Frequency of dominant allele
Frequency of heterzygous genotype
13
Which of the following is NOT a requirement for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
No Gene Flow
No Mutation
No Genetic Drift
No Recombination
14
The graph below represents which of the following types of selection?
Directional
Disruptive
Stabilizing
None of the above
15
When two or more species evolve in response to one another.
Convergent Evolution
Adaptive Evolution
Divergent Evolution
Coevolution
16
On a cladogram, how do you determine which derived characteristic is oldest?
It has multiple branches.
It's towards the top.
You cannot tell from a cladogram.
It's towards the bottom.
17
Isolation between populations due to an inability to mate or produce viable offspring.
Behavioral Isolation
Reproductive Isolation
Temporal Isolation
Geographic Isolation
18
"Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs."
Descent with Modification
Overproduction
Variation
Adapation
19
Which of the following is NOT a main principle of natural selection?
Hertability
Variation
Descent with Modification
Adaptation
20
Genetic drift _________ genetic diversity.
has no effect on
increases
decreases
What unit is this?
21
What are the 2 main sources of genetic variation?
Natural Selection and Artificial Selection
Mutation and Recombination
Descent w/Modification and Adaptations
Variation and Fitness
22
_ is the evolution toward similar traits. __ is the evolution towards increasingly diff traits.
Similar; Different
Convergent; Divergent
Divergent; Convergent
Coevolution; Adaptive Radiation
23
"Measure of an organisms ability to survive and produce more offspring than others."
Descent w/Modification
Fitness
Variation
Adapation
24
Features that are similar in structure, but different in function.
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
Vestigial Structures
Anatomy
25
Loss of a or a few species over a long period of time.
Mass extinction
Background extinction
26
Which theory says that natural disasters are the sole mechanism of geologic change?
Catastrophism
Uniformitarianism
Geology
Gradualism
27
Emigration and Immigration are examples of what?
Recombination
Gene Flow
Natural Selection
Genetic Drift
28
"An increased number of offspring creates competition; increases the chance that some survive."
Adapation
Variation
Overproduction
Descent with Modification
29
Which theory says that geologic processes have been occurring at a consistent rate over time?
Geology
Catastrophism
Uniformitarianism
Gradualism
30
Who designed the Kingdom -> Species classification scheme?
Darwin
Lamarck
Linnaeus
Malthus
31
This is a classification system based on common ancestry to make evolutionary trees.
Cladistics
Cladograms
Nodes
Dichotomous Key
32
Natural Selection acts on ______________.
populations
acquired traits
mutations
individuals
33
In Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, what does "q^2" represent?
Frequency of recessive allele
Frequency of dominant allele
Frequency of homozygous recessive
Frequency of heterzygous genotype
34
Jean Baptiste Lamarck was responsible for which theory?
Inheritance of Heritable Characteristics
Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
Inheritance of Modifications
Inheritance of Selective Agents
35
Who said species did not arise separately and the Earth was very old?
E. Darwin
Lamarck
Buffon
C. Darwin
36
Who suggested that natural resources put limits on populations?
C. Darwin
Malthus
Hutton
Cuvier
37
Human hands and whale fins are examples of....
Anatomy
Analogous Structures
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Structures
38
This type of genetic drift results from events that drastically reduce population size.
Founder Effect
Bottleneck Effect
Colony Effect
Hunger Games
39
Isolation between populations due to barriers related to time.
Temporal Isolation
Geographic Isolation
Reproductive Isolation
Behavioral Isolation
40
In Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, what does "p" represent?
Frequency of homozygous dominant
Frequency of dominant allele
Frequency of homozygous recessive
Frequency of recessive allele
41
Each place where a branch splits on a cladogram.
Clade
Cladistics
Node
Spur
42
Isolation between populations due to physical barriers.
Temporal Isolation
Reproductive Isolation
Behavioral Isolation
Geographic Isolation
43
This occurs when a small number of individuals colonize a new area.
Bottleneck Effect
Colony Effect
Founder Effect
Hunger Games
44
The Endosymbiotic Theory suggests that ___ and ___ were once free-living prokaryotes.
Vaculoes and Centrioles
Golgi bodies and ER
Lysosomes and Nucleus
Mitochondira and Chloroplasts
45
What type of curve represents a trait that is not undergoing natural selection?
B
C
D
A
46
Which of the following most likely leads to speciation?
Gene Flow
Convergent Evolution
Coevolution
Divergent Evolution
47
Who said that older species were less complex?
Buffon
C. Darwin
Malthus
E. Darwin
48
"Inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organisms to better survive."
Descent with Modification
Adapation
Overproduction
Variation
49
Which of the following typically occurs to only small populations?
Gene Flow
Mutations
Genetic Drift
Natural Selection
50
Structures that previously had a function, but no longer has that function.
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
Anatomy
Vestigial Structures
51
"Collection of alleles found in all of the individuals of a population."
Trait Pool
Gene Pool
Phenotypes
Genotypes
52
What is included in the binomial nomenclature of an organism?
Genus and Species
Family and Genus
Order and Species
Species and Subspecies
53
Who is the father of evolution and traveled to the Galapagos?
Hutton
E. Darwin
Buffon
C. Darwin
54
Bat wings and pterodactyl wings are examples of....
Vestigial Structures
Anatomy
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
55
Who proposed gradualism/uniformitarianism?
Buffon
Cuvier
C. Darwin
Hutton
