Evolution Pop-Quiz

Organize these adaptations into their correct types:

Groups:

(a) Structural/Physical

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(b) Behavioral Adaptation

,

(c) Physiological

• an opossum playing dead

• beaver's large, pointed teeth

• snake's venom

• octopus's ink

• ant's division of labor

• mammals ability to produce milk

• gills of fish

• bacteria being resistant to antibiotics

• honeybee's waggle dance

• horns of antelope

• monarchs migrating south in the fall

• duck's webbed feet

Which is an example of analogous structures?

• Fins of fish and wings of birds
• Legs of mammals and wings of birds
• Flippers of dolphins and wings of bats
• Wings of birds and wings of insects

What are homologous structures?

• same bone structures that suggest common ancestry

• structures that are only found in mammals

• bone structures that aren't the same suggest different lines of ancestry

• outward structures that serve the same functions in different species

What type of structures are these?

• homologous
• vestigial 
• analogous
• fossil

What are the 4 principles of natural selection?

• variation

• competition

• selection

• adaptations

• equilibrium

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Because they come from dominant alleles.

• Because they come from recessive alleles.

• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection? 

• People selectively breeding hamsters.
• Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.
• Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
• Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.

Mutations are important because they-

• cause death of the organism in which they develop.

• produce genetic variation needed for a population to evolve.

• always give beneficial adaptations.

• allow hardy-weinberg equilibrium within a population.

Which IS NOT used as evidence for evolution?

• Fossils

• Natural Selection

• Embryology

• Anatomical Structures

• DNA/Proteins

Bird wings and bat wings are similar, but bats and birds are not closely related. This means their wings are an example of :

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• analogous structures

• natural selection