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1
Darwin observed that these variations were useful for
gathering food
building nests
defending territory
attracting a mate
2
Which of the following phrases best describes natural selection?
Survival of the strongest
Survival of the fittest
Survival of the longest
Survival of the Fastest
3
______ is the phrase used to describe how organisms compete to survive.
Survival of the fittest
Struggle for existence
Hakuna Matata
4
What is a common ancestor?
An ancestor that is shared by twenty similar species.
An ancestor that is shared by three similar species.
An ancestor that is shared by two similar species.
An ancestor that is shared by all similar species.
5
Darwin's theory of evolution suggests that
species could change over time
species can change over time
species should change over time
species change over time
6
A change in sequence in DNA is called
Trans-mutation
Nutrition
Mutilation
Mutation
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The strongest evidence for change over a long period of time comes from
direct observation of living species
DNA
embryo studies
fossils
8
In science, theories are
the best explanation for a set of data or observations
An educated guess
A known fact
absolute and unchangeable
9
In a particular population, sexual reproduction can produce
a few different genotypes
many different genotypes
many different phenotypes
a few different phenotypes
10
When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is
Coincidental selection
Artificial selection
Direction selection
Natural infection
11
What is believed to be the number one cause of population of moths becoming darker?
Conjunction
Digestion
Indication
Pollution
12
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of earth before the oceans formed?
an atmosphere containing oxygen gas
an atmosphere containing dinosaurs
an atmosphere containing bacteria
an atmosphere containing laughing gas
13
How does genetic variability occur in sexual reproduction?
Mutations only
Crossing over only
Crossing over, gene shuffling, mutations
Crossing over and gene shuffling
14
Genetic variability occurs in sexual reproduction only through mutations.
K
Nah
Yea
Meh
15
What is embryology?
Study of the development structures of organisms
Study of the development of embryos
Study of the development of fetus
16
Genetic drift tends to occur in populations that
Big
Normal
Medium
Small
17
Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record as
a detailed record of the embryo
a detailed record of evolution
a detailed record of natural selection
18
Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record as
a detailed record of evolution
a detailed record of translation
a detailed record of transformation
a detailed record of nondisjunction
19
The age of the earth is approximately 4-5 billion years.
True
False
20
When individuals at only one end of a bell curve of phenotype species have high fitness
Exceptional selection
Natural selection
Directional selection
Random selection
21
The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms is a sample to decay is its
Half life 3
Half life 2
Half life
G-mod
22
What is paleontology?
Study of prehistoric life
Study of post historic life –fossils
Study of old bones
23
What is phylogeny?
Global history
U.S. history
Evolutionary mystery
Evolutionary history
24
All the genes of all members of a particular population make up the population's
Crossing over
Mutation
Gene pool
25
the separations of by barriers such as rivers, mountains, or bodies of water is called
Crossing over
Vestigial structures
Geographic isolation
Gene pool
26
What is speciation?
Formation of a new colony
Formation of a new disease
Formation of a new species
27
Gene shuffling includes the independent movement of chromosomes during meiosis as well as
Crossy roads
Mutation
Crossing over
Gene pool
28
What is a characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce?
Caption
Adaption
Inception
Condition
29
The first organism on earth was most likely
Today's bacteria
A Giraffe
An Elephant
A Dinosaur
30
What are the traces or remains of an organism that lived long ago?
Patrick
Fossils
Species
Natural Selection
31
Is evolution a theory or a fact?
None
Theory
Both
Fact
32
How does genetic variability occur in asexual reproduction?
Gene pool
Mutations
Sexual reproduction
33
Which phrase best describes evolution by natural selection?
a process of change in species under time
a process of change in species over time
a process of change in species around time
34
Who is credited with developing the theory of evolution?
Ben Affleck
Charles Dick
Charles Darwin
Jessie Pinkman
35
What is anatomy?
The study of the development of atoms
The study of the development structures of organisms
The study of the development of organisms
The study of the development of grey's anatomy
36
In genetic drift, allele frequencies change because of
Free will
Time
Chance
Fate
37
Which of the following best describes the word "extinct?"
When a species is in danger of completely dying out
when a species has the ability to take over an area
When a species as completely died out
when a species is thriving and doing well in its environment
38
A historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the Earth's crust?
Fossil record
Fossil
Fossil fuel
Geologic time scale
39
Which factor would most likely disrupt genetic equilibrium in a large population?
mating that is random
Mutations
Mating that is not random
Genetic drift
40
Any variation that can help an organism survive in its environment is called a(n)
adaptation
competition
characteristic
vestigial structure
41
The dog breeds we have today were developed through:
sexual selection
natural selection
acquired selection
artificial selection
42
During his voyage on the Beagle, Darwin made many observations
on Neptune
on Galapagos Island
on planet Namek
43
Organisms exist today in essentially the same form in which they always have.
True
False
44
Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment
Finance
Fitness
Finesse
45
When individuals with an average form of a trait have the highest fitness, the result is
stabilizing selection
Natural selection
Directional selection
46
Which term means the formation of a new species?
Colonization
Specialization
Speciation
Segregation
47
What is the name of the process that fuels evolution?
Overproduction
Fossil record
Natural selection
Fossil fuel
48
Larmarke is to "Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics" as Darwin is to _____
divergence of related species
evolution by natural selection
homologous structures
speciation by common descent
49
A structure that seems to serve no purpose in an organism is called
fossilized
dichotomous
vestigial
homologous
50
The age of the earth is less than 20,000 years.
False
True
