Unit 6

Which of the following is not necessary for natural selection?

• Variation

• Differential Survival

• Population Growth

• Inheritance

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Which of the three cladograms represents a monophyletic group?

• Left

• Middle

• Right

• Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start

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What did Hutton and Lyell propose about the Earth?

• The Earth was extremely old and unchanging

• The Earth was extremely old and has changed a lot

• The Earth was only a few thousand years old

• Its all an alien simulation

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Lamarck said that "species are not fixed". What did he mean by that?

• Organisms stay the same

• Organisms change

• Species do not compete

• Species are still broken

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Which of the following supported Darwins theory of evolution?

• Fossils preserve traces of ancient organisms with similar structures to modern organisms

• Fossils form in specific conditions

• Fossils move with volcanic activity

• Fossils represent larger versions of modern organisms

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What is biogeography?

• How organisms interact with the Earth

• Patterns in the distribution of living organisms

• Patterns in the distribution of fossils

• Patterns in the distribution of fossils and living organisms

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How do we define fitness?

• Ability to survive

• Ability to reproduce

• Ability to survive and reproduce

• How jacked you are

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What do we call a structure that has become mostly useless but is derived from a common ancestor that did have a use for that structure?

• Temporary

• Analogous

• Homologous

• Vestigial

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Two unrelated organisms evolving the same adaptation is an example of

• Divergent Evolution

• Convergent Evolution

• Coevolution

• Insurgent Evolution

Which of the following were evidence Darwin used to develop his theory of natural selection?

• Tortoises have the same shells everywhere

• Mockingbirds vary in local areas

• Iguanas live in both water and on land

• The sky is blue in the Galapagos, ergo, evolution

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