Chapter 15 Evolution Test

Organisms well suited to their environment

• reproduce at a greater rate than those less suited to the same enviroment

• are always larger than organisms less suited to that environment

• always live longer than organisms less suited to that environment

• need less food than organisms less suited to that environment

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Darwin conducted much of his research on

• Samoan Island

• Manhattan Island

• Hawaiian Islands

• Galapagos Islands

Which of the following provides evidence for the theory of evolution?

• comparative anatomy

• comparative biochemistry (DNA)

• fossils

• all of these are correct

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New species may form

• when the habitat changes

• because of natural selection

• when species become pre-zygotically isolated

• all of these are correct

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As a species becomes endangered, the number of alleles in the population is reduced. Therefore, the _____________ is reduced.

• postzygotic isolation

• number of organisms dying

• gene pool

• none of these

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In the modern world, scientists consider which kinds of evidence to be the most reliable and accurate in showing relationships?

• fossil

• adaptation

• DNA similarities

• comparative anatomy

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Distantly related organisms that have evolved similar traits and look a lot alike because of their similar habitats have undergone

• convergent evolution

• divergent evolution

• extinction

• mimicry

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A chameleon uses the adaptation of ____ to blend into its surroundings.

• mimicry

• camouflage

• adaptation

• mutation

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Your appendix is an example of a (n) ____ structure, since it is reduced in size.

• analogous

• homologous

• vestigial

• gene pool

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Increased genetic diversity increases the likelihood of a population's ____.

• extinction

• survival

• population

• competition

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