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Evolution and Taxonomy
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Used to demonstrate bone evidence of evolution..
Homologous
Fossil
Vestigial
It doesn't
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Evolution is the process of
Change in species over long period of time
Development
Changing energy flow
Something
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Using this cladogram, which animal does not have jaws?
Hagfish
Lizard
Pigeon
Mouse
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________________ Evolution organisms not closely related evolve similar traits.
Convergent
Divergent
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Who developed our current taxonomic system?
Aristotle
Newton
Galileo
Linnaeus
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What kingdom is this?
Animal
Eubacteria
fungi
protist
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When writing the genus and the species, which is capatalized?
Neither
Genus
Both
Species
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A dichotomous key is...
a set of paired statements to identify an organism
a set of animals
only used when you are confused
a set of traits that identify an organism
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____________ Structures – these are organs or parts that seem to have no function
Homologous
Vestigial
Analogous
Fossils
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Which of the following does not provide evidence for evolution?
Fossil record
Homologous structures
Selective breeding
Natural selection
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Evolution of homologous structures by adaptive radiation explains:
Similarities in structure with similarities in function
Differences in structure with similarities in function
Differences in structure with differences in function
Similarities in structure with differences in function
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He proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection
Charles Darwin
Carolus Linnaeus
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Thomas Malthus
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The main points of "The Origin of Species"
Best traits produce the most offspring
Species produce more offspring than can survive
No such things as evolution
Individuals compete for resources or mates
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What is the most narrow category of classifcation?
Kingdom
Domain
Species
Family
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True or false: Linnaeus's system has 7 levels of classifcation
true
false
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Green Algae is a protista
False
True
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___________________________ humans select variations they found useful and breed for those traits.
Natural Selection
Selective Breeding
Artificial Selection
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We can influence the _________________of a species
Genetics
DNA
evolution
species
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Darwin developed the theory of evolution by
_______________________________
Natural Selection
Proteins
Lamarck Theory
DNA
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Natural selection means the strong survive and the weak die.
True
False
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__________________refers to the number of organisms that have a particular trait.
Mutations
Variants
Allele
Frequency
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Evolution is the UNIFYING THEORY OF BIOLOGY because it helps usunderstand the ___________________of life on the planet.
Darwin
origin of species
diversity
Tiglons
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___________________ are models that have been tested and confirmed
Theories
Laws
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Binomial Nomenclature is a ...
Dichotomous key
Two name naming system
Three name naming system
One name naming system
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What is a species?
organisms that perform a certain function in an environment
the organisms that belong to the domain Eukarya
organisms that can produce fertile offspring
all the organisms that live and interact in an environment
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kingdom Plantae is
heterotrophic
autotrophic
insect
roots
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Which of the following is a vestigial structure?
wisdom teeth
the bill of a finch
flower color
fossil cast
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A dichotomous key is used to:
locate an organism
identify an organism
interbreed species
divide a kindgom
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Analogous structure is....
Different vertebrae
similar function different skull
Left over from ancestor
similar function, different in structure
