What is convergent evolution?

evolution toward similar traits in unrelated species

evolution toward different traits in closely related species

elimination of a species from Earth

the rise of two or more species from one existing species

What is required for evolution?

overproduction (too many organisms)

Which best describes these fossils?

The oldest fossils can be found on the lower layers

The oldest fossils can be found at the top layers

The youngest fossils are always found on the bottom layers

You can not tell the age of any of these fossils

If species A and B have very similar genes and proteins, what is probably TRUE?

species A and B share a relatively recent common ancestor

species A evolved independently of species B for a long period

species A is younger than species B

species A is older than species B

Which trait do only humans have, according to the cladogram?

terrestrial during all life stages

Two organisms that are closely related would have

completely different DNA sequence

physically separates populations and prevents interactions

physically separates two populations but they still interact

causes genetic changes and prevents interactions

causes genetic changes and allows interactions

When a mutation occurs

an increase in variation occurs

a change in selection pressure occurs

a changes in the genes of the predator species

an increase in the number of genes in the population

Which statement does not apply to Darwin

inheritance of acquired characteristics

heritable variation exists in populations

competition creates a struggle for existence

Which best applies to natural selection?

differential reproductive success

What is microevolution?

changes in the frequencies of alleles in a gene pool

genes mutating in response to environmental changes

reacting to changes in the environment

creating new species where none existed before

Evolution Bonus Review

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are homologous structures?

similar in function but different in structure

remnants of organs that that functioned in earlier ancestors

episodes of speciation

similar in structure but different in function

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Natural Selection acts on existing variation

False

True

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following explains how natural selection causes a trait to become predominant in a population?

Individuals with traits that are favorable to the environment reproduce more.

Traits of an individual change in order to adapt to changes in enviornment.

organisms select which traits they wish to inherit

all of these answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Intermediate fossil forms are important evidence of evolution because they show

how organisms change over time

how animals behaved in their environments

how the embryos of organisms develop

molecular homologies

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Whales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis bone. Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)

vestigial structure

analogous structure

homologous structure

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which process produced the two different types of beaks in the ground finch and the tree finch?

artificial selection

geographical distribution

adaptive radiation

disuse of the beak

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Process in which certain organisms are chosen by humans based on their traits to produce offspring with the desirable traits

Selection

Artificial selection

Natural selection

Evolution

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40 questions

What are homologous structures?

True or False: Natural Selection acts on existing variation

Which of the following explains how natural selection causes a trait to become predominant in a population?

Intermediate fossil forms are important evidence of evolution because they show

Whales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis bone. Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)

Which process produced the two different types of beaks in the ground finch and the tree finch?

Process in which certain organisms are chosen by humans based on their traits to produce offspring with the desirable traits

Favors the middle of the population.

Middle is wiped out, extremes survive.
Red is previous, blue represents the change.

The entire curve moves in one direction or the other. Red is previous, blue represents the change.

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What are homologous structures?

True or False: Natural Selection acts on existing variation

Which of the following explains how natural selection causes a trait to become predominant in a population?

Intermediate fossil forms are important evidence of evolution because they show

Whales are aquatic mammals that contain a pelvis bone. Even though it does not aid in its movement, the function must have been used by a common ancestor of the whale. Thus, the pelvis is referred to as a(n)

Which process produced the two different types of beaks in the ground finch and the tree finch?

Process in which certain organisms are chosen by humans based on their traits to produce offspring with the desirable traits

Favors the middle of the population.

Middle is wiped out, extremes survive.Red is previous, blue represents the change.

The entire curve moves in one direction or the other. Red is previous, blue represents the change.

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Middle is wiped out, extremes survive.
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