CA 4 - Natural Selection Test Review

DNA > RNA > Protein represents

• The Central Dogma of Biology (Protein Synthesis)

• The Theory of Evolution

• The Theory of Relativity

• Newton's Law of Gravitation

This mRNA strand would be produced from which DNA strand during transcription: 5' AUGGCUAUAGCA 3'

• 3' TACCGTATCGTA 5'

• 3' ATGGCTATAGCA 5'

• 3' TACCGATATCGT 5'

• 3' UACCGAUACGUA 5'

Organisms who have had their genes manipulated in a laboratory setting have undergone which process?

• Selective breeding

• Genetic engineering

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

The theory of evolution by natural selection was proposed by which scientist?

• Lyell

• Einstein

• Franklin

• Darwin

Which of the following are pieces of evidence used to show that organisms are related through a common ancestor? Choose THREE!

• Homologous Structures (Comparative Anatomy)

• Analogous Structures

• Photos of Organisms taken by Ecologists

• DNA/Molecular Biology

• Vestigial Structures

Genes that persist through many generations are considered

• beneficial adaptations

• neutral mutations

• harmful mutations

Darwin theorized that natural selection was the driving force behind _____________.

• extinction

• eutrophication

• evolution

• eradication

__________ structures are similar structures in organisms that perform similar functions but did not evolve from a common ancestor.

• homologous

• analogous

• heterozygous

• vestigial

A structure in an organism that seems to have no purpose or is not used for the original purpose (hip bones in a dolphin).

• temporary structure

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure