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WorksheetsWJEC AS Biology Unit 2: Evolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which taxon is between Kingdom and Class?
a)
Phylum
b)
Order
c)
Family
d)
Genus
2.
Which taxon is between Class and Family?
a)
Phylum
b)
Order
c)
Family
d)
Genus
3.
Which taxon is between Family and Species?
a)
Phylum
b)
Order
c)
Family
d)
Genus
4.
Which is the more modern interpretation of Hallucigenia?
a)
A
b)
B
5.
What can we tell about Fucus serratus and Fucus vesiculosus?
a)
They share the same genus
b)
They share the same species
c)
They are in different families
d)
They are in different classes
6.
Which kingdom's members are multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes with nervous coordination?
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Protoctists
7.
Which kingdom's members are multicellular, autotrophic eukaryotes with cellulose cell walls?
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Protoctists
8.
Which kingdom's members are eukaryotes made up of a mycelium with chitin cell walls?
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Protoctists
9.
Which kingdom's members are small eukaryotes whose tissues show no differentiation?
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Protoctists
10.
Why did Carl Woese sequence the rRNA gene when proposing the 3 domain system?
a)
It is common to all forms of life
b)
It is transcribed into RNA
c)
It is found in the nucleus
d)
It is a short gene that is easy to sequence
11.
Which of these is a difference between archaebacteria and eubacteria?
a)
The size of their cells.
b)
The composition of their cell membranes
c)
Their method of DNA replication
d)
Their method of binary fission
12.
Are the limbs of seals, lizards and bats homologous structures or analogous structures?
a)
Homologous
b)
Analogous
13.
Are the wings of ducks and flies homologous or analogous?
a)
Homologous
b)
Analogous
14.
Which of these seres is a climax community?
a)
Algae and lichens
b)
Mosses and grasses
c)
Shrubs
d)
Forest
15.
Which of these seres is a pioneer species?
a)
Algae and lichens
b)
Mosses and grasses
c)
Shrubs
d)
Forest
16.
Which of these is a measure of low genetic biodiversity?
a)
A high number of alleles at a particular locus
b)
A low number of alleles at a particular locus
17.
Which term refers to the generation of biodiversity through the exploitation of available niches as seen in the Galapagos finches?
a)
Adaptive radiation
b)
Natural selection
c)
Survival of the fittest
d)
Evolutionary arms race
18.
What sort of adaptation is the specialisation of the beaks of the Galapagos finches?
a)
Anatomical
b)
Behavioural
c)
Physiological
19.
What sort of adaptation is the specialisation of the digestive systems of the Galapagos finches?
a)
Anatomical
b)
Behavioural
c)
Physiological
20.
What sort of adaptation is the use of cactus spines to find grubs under the bark of trees of the Carpenter Galapagos finch?
a)
Anatomical
b)
Behavioural
c)
Physiological
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