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Evolution Test
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1
Humans are most recently related to which animal?
chimpanzee
gorilla
bear
shrew
2
DNA and RNA provide evidence of evolution because
no two organisms have exactly the same DNA
Each RNA codon specifies just one amino acid
all organisms have nearly identical RNA & DNA
In organisms, the same codons specify the same amino acids
3
Hutton & Lyell used which branch of science to estimate the age of the Earth?
ecology
evolution
geography
geology
4
According to Malthus, which does NOT effect growth of human populations?
famine
war
heartbreak
disease
5
The process of change over time is called
adaptation
artificial selection
evolution
natural selection
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Studying the environment where someone lives and then the environment where their family lives
biology
ecology
biogeography
geography
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The term fitness refers to an organism's ability to
survive and reproduce
do push-ups
strength train
alter its environment
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What two mechanisms allow natural selection to occur?
variations and adaptations
artificial selection and common descent
artificial selection and natural selection
struggle for existence and adaptations
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Natural selection disproves _______theory that all organisms strive to be ________
Hutton ; happy
Lyell ; rich
Lamarck ; perfect
Malthus ; big
10
The fossil of the glyptodont being compared to an armadillos support what Darwin theory?
species vary globally
species vary over time
species never vary
species vary locally
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Which would lead an animal breeder use to increase the number of cows giving the best meat?
artificial selection
overproduction
acquired characteristis
genetic isolation
12
A tree of life is used to show
principle of biodiversity
principle of ancestry
principle of evolution
principle of common descent
13
Lyell began the ___ way of thinking that ancient geological processes are still performed today
existentialism
evolutionism
deep time
uniformitarianism
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Structures that have different mature forms but develop from the same embryonic tissues are
homologous
fossils
adaptations
analogous
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Who is the "father of evolution"?
Hutton
Darwin
Lyell
Malthus
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Darwin named his patterns of organisms changing over time the patterns of
biodiversity
existence
evolution
natrual selection
17
A chimp's 'hand' and a human hand have similar function and structure. These are
fossils
adaptations
analogous
homologous
18
Scientists study the preserved remains of ancient organisms called
vestigial structures
adaptations
fossils
homologies
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Which idea from Lamarck was later found to be untrue?
there is a relationship between an organism and it's home
acquired characteristis can be inherited
living things change over time
all species descended from other species
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An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce
speciation
adaptation
analogous structure
vestigial structure
