Ch. 18 Evolution Quiz Review

The Hardy-Weinberg theorem states that, if a population meets certain conditions, it will be in equilibrium. In an equilibrium population, allele and genotype frequencies do not change over time. The conditions that must be met are ______ mutation, ______ migration, very large population size, random mating, and ______ natural selection. (What word is used on all three of the blank lines?)

 

• random

• little

• no

• multiple

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___?____ developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Charles Darwin

• Jean Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Lyell

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An example of coevolution would be

• the evolution of wings in bats and birds.

• the toad and the flies they eat.

• the hummingbird and the tubular flower it pollinates.

• all of the above

Natural selection states that a:

• change in a species occurs over time.

• nature selects the variations within a species that are most useful for survival.

• fitness is an organism’s ability to survive and produce fertile offspring.

• all of the above

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Which is “not” a force that causes evolution?

• Mutation

• Gene Flow

• Genetic Drift

• Artificial Selection

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An intervention of humans allows only selected organisms to produce offspring is called?  

• Artificial Selection

• Natural Section

• Evolution

• Speciation

Which is the best definition of a “species”?

• A group of organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring together.

• A group of organisms that can breed and produce infertile offspring together.

• A group of organisms that can breed together.

• A group of organisms that look and act similar.

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Structures that are similar in related organisms because they were inherited from a common ancestor are called?  

• Comparative anatomy

• Homologous structures

• Analogous structures

• Vestigial Structure

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The main difference between macroevolution and microevolution is

• the time frame of the evolutionary process.

• the species that evolve during each.

• that microevolution is only for small organisms, and macroevolution is for large organisms.

• all of the above

Analogous structures are structures that are ___?___ in ___?___ organisms. 

• similar; related

• different, related

• different, unrelated

• similar; unrelated