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A review of Darwin, the Theory of Evolution, and the History of Life on Earth.
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Which of the following is NOT one of the 8 parts of Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
Artificial Selection
Overproduction of offspring
Common descent
Competition for resources
2
Which of the following best describes a species?
Organisms that look alike.
Organisms that can interbreed, but have no viable offspring.
Organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
Organisms that look different.
3
An English naturalist that developed the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection was
Lamarck.
Linnaeus.
Hutton.
Darwin.
4
Any heritable trait that enables an organism to survive and reproduce better than others is a
vestigial structure.
variation.
analogous structure.
adaptation.
5
What marks changes in the eras of geologic time?
Revolts led by the organisms that aren't dominant
A change in the abundance of acquired characteristics
Pollution
Mass extinctions
6
If a population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, what does that mean?
It is evolving rapidly.
It is not evolving.
It has been artificially selected for.
It is evolving slowly.
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Structures that arise from similar embryonic origins but are used for different functions are
analogous structures.
vestigial structures.
heterologous structures.
homologous structures.
8
What variable represents the recessive allele?
p
q2
q
2pq
9
Which of the following is NOT a vestigial structure?
Coccyx in humans.
The human liver.
Wisdom teeth in humans.
Pelvic bones in whales and dolphins.
10
What gases were prevalent in Earth's early atmosphere?
Oxygen and Water Vaport
Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen and Carbon Monoxide
Water Vapor, Carbon Monoxide, and Hydrogen Cyanide
11
What is fitness?
A measure of skill
A measure of reproductive success
A measure of strength
A measure of intelligence
12
In order for life to form on Earth, _________ was necessary.
water
oxygen
land plants
sunlight
13
The man who determined that populations compete with limited resources is
Hutton.
Malthus.
Cuvier.
Lyell.
14
Similar features arise in organisms that are not closely related but live in similar areas.
Vestigial Structures
Convergent evolution
Divergent evolution
Adaptive radiation
15
Which of the following is a physiological adaptation?
Birds migrate south in the winter.
Venom in rattlesnakes.
Clear fur & black skin on a polar bear.
An eagle's beak and talons are sharp and curved.
16
A population of wildflowers gets separated by a mountain range. This is
convergent evolution.
adaptive radiation.
reproductive isolation.
geographic isolation.
17
_________ said that Earth's history is marked by catastrophic events.
Cuvier
Hutton
Linnaeus
Lyell
18
What can embryology tell us with regards to evolution?
It provides evidence of organic compounds.
It provides evidence of organisms that lived long ago.
It provides evidence of acquired characteristics.
It provides evidence of common ancestry.
19
The first type of genetic information found in early life on Earth was probably
Carbohydrates.
DNA.
Proteins.
RNA.
20
What led to the Oxygen Revolution?
The evolution of chemosynthesis.
The evolution of cellular respiration.
The evolution of photosynthesis.
The evolution of anaerobic respiration.
21
What was important about the Miller-Urey Experiment?
It showed how extinctions occurred on Earth.
It showed how life formed on Earth.
It showed how organic compounds formed on Earth.
It showed how cells formed on Earth.
22
The first organisms found on Earth were most like today's
mammals.
prokaryotic organisms.
fish.
eukaryotic organisms.
23
Structures with similar functions but different embryonic origins are called
Analogous structures.
Homologous structures.
Vestigial structures.
Heterologous structures.
24
What is the longest era of geologic time?
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
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The scientist that said evolution occurs by acquired characteristics is
Lyell.
Darwin.
Lamarck.
Linnaeus.
