Quiz about Ms. B INTRO TO BIO EVOLUTION REVIEW

Question 1

The theory that organisms best adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
"Survival of the fittest."

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Natural selection

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Adaptation

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Extinction

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Fossil

Question 2

WHY is this variation is best for survival?

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fur color that blends in to it's environment

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longer claws for fighting

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longer legs for running faster

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bigger ears for better hearing

Question 3

How will this mice population most likely change in the future?

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The white mice will go extinct.

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The grey mice will go extinct.

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All of the mice will grow longer fur.

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All of the mice will grow longer claws.

Question 4

On a farm, Marcia observes that individuals of a certain goat species have slightly different sizes and colors. What characteristic of populations is Marcia observing?

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variation

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adaption

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evolution

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selection

Question 5

If scientists were to compare the fossil of a fern that lived millions of years ago with other fern fossils that were formed later, what would they most likely find?

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that plants change over time

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that plants had bones millions of years ago

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that ferns stopped evolving 25 million years ago

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that only animals evolve

Question 6

Which of these answer BEST describes a fossil?

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fossils are remains or traces of once-living organisms found in layers of rock or ice, or in amber.

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organism from which other organisms are descended.

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body of an organism that died recently but has not decomposed

Question 7

The diagram below shows a portion of the fossil record in sedimentary rock. Different rock layers and fossils are clearly visible.

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Layer A contains the most recently formed fossils.

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Layer B contains the second-oldest fossils.

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The fossils in layer B are older than those in layer D.

Question 8

Gradual change of a species over time

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Evolution

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Heredity

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Natural Selection

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Scientific Theory

Question 9

Millions of fossils that scientists have collected

Accepted Answer

fossil record

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scientific theory

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vestigial structure

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natural selection

Question 10

Process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than others of the same species

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natural selection

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punctuated equilibrium

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adaptation

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artificial selection

Question 11

Group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

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species

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variations

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molds

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casts

Question 12

The remains or imprints of once living organisms are called:

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fossil

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fossil record

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characteristic

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ecosystem

Question 13

Who discovered evolution

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Charles Darwin

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Robert Hooke

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Gregor Mendel

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Alfred Wallace

Question 14

What is a species

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similar organisms that can reproduce

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proof for animals

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Zoology

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animals that both have spots

Question 15

What is the definition of specification

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formation of distinct species in course of evolution

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A & D

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Similarity in Embryos

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the process in which new species were created

Question 16

What is it called when animals alter due to there environment.

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Adaptation

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Division

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Separation

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Remains

Question 17

When organisms are better adapted to their environment they will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted. This process is called what?

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

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Selective breeding

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Cloning

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Evolution of all species

Question 18

Which scientist visited the Galapagos Islands and came up with the theory of natural selection?

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Charles Darwin

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Theodor Schwann

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Gregor Mendel

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Rudolf Virchow

Question 19

A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment is called a what?

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An adaptation

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A response to a stimulus

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A mutation

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Evolution

Question 20

What most likely caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to have beaks that were different from the finches on the mainland?

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There were different types of food available on the island.

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There were different types of predators on the island.

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The finches had no water to drink.

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The finches on the mainland could not fly high enough.

Question 21

When looking at two birds of the same species, you notice that one has darker feathers than the other one. You also notice that one has a beak that is just a little longer. These slight differences within members of the same species are called.....

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Variations

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Fossils

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Extinction

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Meiosis

Question 22

Natural selection is

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survival of the fittest

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humans change

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two species are the same

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more animals survive

Question 23

Change over time is

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evolution

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generation

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growth

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biogenesis

Question 24

This makes an organism more suited to its environment

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adaptation

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species

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lifespan

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mutation

Question 25

Charles Darwin came up with this theory

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

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Mutation

Question 26

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

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increase in number

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become extinct

Question 27

The pelvic bone of whales is not needed for movement within the water. This is an example of a(n) ______________ structure.

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vestigial

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analogous

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homologous

Question 28

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

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Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Steven Hawking

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Isaac Newton

Question 29

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

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To look different from other species.

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To protect itself against predators.

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To protect itself against prey.

Question 30

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

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To look different from other species.

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To protect itself against predators.

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To protect itself against prey.

Question 31

Where humans have bred organisms together based on traits we like.

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Artificial Selection

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Evolution

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Natural Selection

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Extinction

Question 32

Brown and green grasshoppers live in a field of green grass. Birds near the field feed on the grasshoppers. Which statement best describes the expected changes in the populations of the brown grasshoppers and green grasshoppers over time in this field?

Accepted Answer

The population of brown grasshoppers will decrease more rapidly than the population of green grasshoppers over time.

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The populations of brown grasshoppers and green grasshoppers will both increase over time.

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The population of brown grasshoppers will increase over time, while the population of green grasshoppers will decrease over time.

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The population of brown grasshoppers will increase over time, while the population of green grasshoppers will remain constant over time.

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