09 10 Evolution and Taxonomy Test Review Bank

Complete the statement below on natural selection. Move the correct answers to the correct boxes.

​ (a)   is essentially when organisms with desirable ​ (b)   can reproduce and pass on those traits to their ​ (c)   . These offspring also can ​ (d)   . The organisms without these desirable traits could ​ (e)   , or become extinct.

• Natural selection
• Artificial selection
• traits
• offspring
• die out
• reproduce
• ancestry

The concept of gene flow is demonstrated when a bison is driven off from its herd, joins another herd, and reproduces. When the bison contributes to the gene pool of the new herd, which of these most likely increases?

• Mortality rate
• Inbreeding
• Genetic mutation
• Genetic diversity

Why is having a scientific name for each species of an organism important?

• To accurately identify and communicate about different species
• To waste time and resources on unnecessary naming
• To confuse people about the different species

The projections on the surface of this virus allow the virus to —

• move inside a host cell

• attach to a host cell

• control a host cell’s DNA

• signal other viruses to infect a host cell

Which characteristic do all organisms in Kingdoms Animalia, Protista, and Fungi have in common?

• They are eukaryotic.

• They are prokaryotic.

• They are unicellular.

• They are multicellular.

Which statement best describes how a virus replicates?

• A virus divides into two identical virus particles before infecting the host cell.

• A virus enters a host cell and uses the materials from the host cell to produce new virus particles.

• Multiple virus particles fuse and form a large particle that breaks apart, releasing new virus particles.

• Multiple virus particles break down in component parts, which then reassemble into new copies of the virus.

Domain, ​ (a)   , Phylum, Class, ​ (b)   , ​ (c)   , Genus, ​ (d)  

• Kingdom
• Order
• Family
• Species

Which of the following taxonomic groups would contain plants with the greatest amount of variety and differences?

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Order

• Family

Use the dichotomous key to identify Bird X?

• Certhidea

• Geospiza

• Camarhynchus

• Platyspiza

Charles Darwin realized that

• the birds on the Galapagos Islands were identical.

• all life is related and descended from a common ancestor

• all life is not related and did not descended from a common ancestor.

• the oldest layer in the fossil record is located on the top.