Evolution Pretest

The change in allele frequencies in a population over time is known as:

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Flow

• Microevolution  

• Macroevolution

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What is evolution?

• An idea that all species are related and change gradually over time

• Man came from gorillas

• it is a fight between species

• An idea that all organisms are alike

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A bird's wing and a butterfly's wing have the same function, but they have very different structures. These structures are classified as follows:

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

• embryological homologues

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The tail bone, wisdom teeth, and appendix are all parts of the human anatomy that would be considered..

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• fossils

• extinct

The tail bone, wisdom teeth, and appendix are all parts of the human anatomy that would be considered...

• homologous structures

• vestigial structures

• fossils

• extinct

Which of the following statements explains Lamarck’s Theory of Use and Disuse?

• Body structures develop because of mutation.

• Body structures develop because they are not in use.

• Body structures develop because of competition.

• Body structures develop because they are used extensively.

If a parent acquires a body structure during its lifetime, it could pass on that characteristic structure to its offspring.

• Theory of Acquired Characteristics

• Theory of Need

• Theory of Evolution

• Theory of Use and Disuse

Both Lamarck and Darwin proposed mechanisms for how evolution occurs.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Darwin's theory of natural selection is widely accepted by the scientific community.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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What are the remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past?

• Genes

• • Fossils

• Chromosomes

• • Proteins

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