BIO 122 PASS Practice Exam 1

Two fossils are found, the first is thought to be 1.3 billion years old, the second 43,000 years old; which method of dating was used to establish this minimum age of both fossils respectively?

• Carbon 14 Dating; Potassium 40 Dating

• Calcium 14 Dating; Carbon 12 Dating

• Carbon 12 Dating; Calcium 14 Dating

• Potassium 40 Dating; Carbon 14 Dating

A correct grouping of 5 of the 7 necessary properties of life would be:

• Ordered Structure, Homeostasis, Evolutionary Adaptation, No Mutation, and Energy Use

• Homeostasis, Evolutionary Adaptation, Growth and Development, Monophyletic, Response to Environment

• Heterotrophic, Homeostasis, Growth and Development, Autotrophic, Reproduction

• Evolutionary Adaptation, Homeostasis, Growth and Development, Ordered Structure

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The first molecule of genetic material that evolved was:

• DNA

• rRNA

• Amino Acids

• RNA

• Proteins

The ancient supercontinent was known as ________ and had a northern hemisphere that is called _______ and a southern hemisphere termed ________ respectively.

• Gondwana, Pangea, Laurasia

• Pangea, Laurasia, Gondwana

• Pangea, Gondwana, Lausaia

• Laurasia, Gondwana, Pangea

• Gondwana, Laurasia, Pangea

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The two most likely causes of the two snowball earths that have happened in the past 2.5 billion years were:

• Both B and C

• A. Methane belching microbes

• B. photosynthetic microbes

• C. multicellular plants

• D. change in ocean currents

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A monophyletic group is qualified by having:

• A common ancestor with a few other related species

• A single common ancestor with all of its descendents

• A common ancestor group

• A group of related species with an ancestor

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An example of divergent and convergent evolution discussed in class respectively is:

• Whales and hippos; Toucans and Hornbills

• Toucans and Hornbills; Hippos and Whales

• Cacti species; Hornbills and Toucans

• Toucans and Hornbills; Cacti species

A correct name in the Linnaeus classification system of binomial nomenclature would be:

• Homo sapiens

• Homo sapiens

• Homo Sapiens

• Homo sapiens

• A and C

A population of mice all have a dark brown fur color when they could have fur ranging from a light gray to dark brown color; this is an example of

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Disruptive Selection

• Natural Selection

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The reason most species are genetically diverse is because of

• Asexual reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Regeneration

• Random Genetic Drift

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