Evolution - Quick Check

What is the relationship mapping tool seen in the image?

• Cladogram
• Dichotomous Key
• Climatogram
• Punnett Square

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According to the image, the ancestral characteristics is identified with the letter _____ . 

• A
• H
• D
• E

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The gradual change in a population/species over time is...

• mutation
• evolution
• adaptation
• variation

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What is the role of genes in evolution?

• Only traits that are controlled by genes, not behaviors, can be acted upon by natural selection
• Changes that organisms acquire during their lifetime are passed down to their offspring through genes
• Recessive genes are selected against in evolution
• Dominant genes are selected against in evolution

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Approximately how long ago was the Earth formed?

• 4.6 BYA
• 4.6 MYA
• 46 MYA
• 6000 years

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Most of what scientists know about EXTINCT species is based on...

• the fossil record
• sedimentary rock
• natural selection
• variations

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Which of the following is NOT a type of evidence used to determine evolutionary relationships?

• DNA Sequencing
• Overproduction
• Embryonic Development
• Anatomical Structures

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Using the diagram, which of the following best describes antibiotic resistance?

• The virus (orange) causing the sickness will survive and reproduce while taking the antibiotic
• Certain bacteria (blue) are resistant to the antibiotic.  They survive and reproduce creating a new resistant strain
• The virus (blue) causing the sickness will survive and reproduce while taking the antibiotic
• Certain bacteria (orange) are resistant to the antibiotic.  They survive and reproduce creating a new resistant strain.

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Speciation can occur due to all of the following EXCEPT:

• Loss of food source
• Geographic isolation
• Environmental changes
• Genetic drift due to normal reshuffling of genes

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The left side of the diagram illustrates which rate of speciation?

• Gradualism
• Punctuated equilibrium
• Convergent evolution
• Coevolution

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