SOL Review: Evolution & Classification

Five species of frogs that live in separate habits within 5 non-overlapping ranges along the Mississippi River share a common ancestor.  Which process is most likely responsible for the formation of these five distinct species?

• Physiological isolation
• Geographic isolation
• Behavioral isolation
• Reproductive isolation

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What is the study of organisms at the early stages of development?

• DNA studies
• embryology 
• extinction
• fossil record

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What is this an example of?

• vestigial structures
• embryology
• homologous structures
• fossil record

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Inherited trait that helps an organism survive is a(n) __________.

• Fossil
• Adaptation
• Ancestor
• Natural selection

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All rabbits living in a particular area and compete for resources would be an example of a(n)

• population

• species

• fossil

• individual organism

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What do we call similar bone structures but different functions that indicate a link to a common ancestor?

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

• Analogous Structures

• Broken Structures

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What is the half-life of the element shown in the graph?

• 713 million years

• 556 million years

• 1,000 million years

• 2,000 million years

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The eastern meadowlark and the western meadowlark are two closely related bird species. The two species avoid interbreeding because they have different mating songs. This is an example of —

• Geographic Isolation

• Behavioral Isolation

• Temporal Isolation

• Reproductive Isolation

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What type of natural selection is shown?

• Average size of beaks in populations

• Types of Beaks changes over time

• Number of eggs in a bird's nest

• Elongation of beaks over time

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What type of natural selection is shown?

• Directional Selection, when the Population shifts to one extreme

• Stabilizing Selection, when the population shifts to the middle

• Disruptive Selection, when the population shifts to both extremes

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