Evolutionary Biology Quiz
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Anderson Felisnord
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do some scientists believe that RNA, rather than DNA, was the first genetic material?
RNA has both information storage and catalytic properties.
RNA contains uracil in place of thymine.
RNA could have evolved into DNA.
RNA can replicate more accurately than DNA.
All the proto-cells on early Earth contained RNA.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following statements concerning the evolutionary origin of mammals is most likely true?
Radiometric dating using carbon-14 shows that synapsids existed 300 million years ago.
The origin of mammals cannot be known because the fossil record is incomplete.
Mammalian lower jaw bones and teeth changed gradually over time.
Modern mammals and reptiles are descendants of synapsids.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What features might we expect the mitochondria and chloroplasts in eukaryotic cells to contain if these organelles were the result of endosymbiosis of bacterial cells?
plasma membrane, DNA, and ribosomes
plasma membrane, nucleus, and ribosomes
nucleus, DNA, and ribosomes
plasma membrane, nucleus, and cilia
nucleus, ribosomes, and cilia
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Photosynthetic eukaryotes contain both mitochondria and chloroplasts. Which sequence of events most likely describes the evolution of this group?
Ancestral anaerobic prokaryote engulfs a photosynthetic prokaryote and then engulfs an aerobic heterotrophic prokaryote.
Ancestral anaerobic prokaryote engulfs an aerobic heterotrophic prokaryote and then engulfs a photosynthetic prokaryote.
Ancestral anaerobic prokaryote engulfs an anaerobic heterotrophic prokaryote and then engulfs a photosynthetic prokaryote.
Ancestral anaerobic prokaryote engulfs a photosynthetic prokaryote and then engulfs an anaerobic heterotrophic prokaryote.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following organelles likely originated from endosymbiosis?
nuclear membrane and Golgi apparatus
ER and chloroplasts
chloroplasts and mitochondria
mitochondria and Golgi apparatus
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many mass extinction events have been documented in the fossil record over the past 500 million years?
two
three
four
five
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to geological evidence, which event may have triggered the Permian mass extinction?
an asteroid or comet impact off the coast of Yucatan, Mexico
global cooling caused by a series of ice ages
global cooling caused by volcanic eruptions
global warming caused by volcanic eruptions
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