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Evolution and Biodiversity Final Exam Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does it mean when we say 2 different organisms are related? Ex: humans & chicks are related

a)

humans can become chickens

b)

chickens will become humans eventually

c)

they are identical to each other

d)

The have a common ancestor organism that they both came from

2.

What was the one major flaw about Lamarck's theory of evolution?

a)

He believed evolution could only happen to certain animals

b)

He believed in "Aquired Traits" (that individuals change themselves over their lifetime)

c)

He didn't believe traits pass on from parent to offspring

d)

He didn't believe in evolution

3.

How do scientists study evolution?

a)

Comparing the genetics of 2 organisms?

b)

Comparative Morphology (Looking at fossils)

c)

Looking at similarities between embryos

d)

All of the above!

4.

I am comparing the bones of these animals and I notice that the structures I am looking at are?

a)

Vestigial Structures

b)

Fossils

c)

Homologous Structures

d)

Analogous structures

5.

Because these bones are homologous structures... what do we know about these animals?

a)

They came from the same common ancestor

b)

It doesn't tell us anything

c)

They do not have a common ancestor

d)

They use these bones for the same function

6.

Knowing Fossil B is 2 million years (yrs.) old, what do you know about Fossil D

a)

It is younger than 2 million yrs. old

b)

It is older than 2 million yrs. old

c)

We can't tell the age of Fossil A

d)

It is also 2 million yrs. old

7.

Meiosis forms the cells needed to do this type of reproduction...

a)

Asexual Reproduction

b)

Sexual Reproduction

c)

Mitosis

d)

Binary Fission

8.

A grizzly bear survives because he is well-adapted to his environment. When he reproduces he passes on those traits to his offspring. this process is called

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Selective Breeding

c)

Random mutations

d)

Variations in a species

9.

With speed for animals faster is always better so a population will tend to get faster over time. This is an example of which type of natural selection?

a)

This is Directional Selection

b)

This is Stabilizing selection

c)

This is disruptive selection

10.

Name a selective pressure that exists in the desert.

a)

High amounts of sand

b)

Being found in the west coast of the United States

c)

Lack of water (rainfall and rivers)

11.

Genetic drift leads to allele frequencies in a population to change because of

a)

A dramatic reduction in population size

b)

A change in the phenotypes within a popualtion

c)

Isolation leads to differences between populations

12.

A female bird is not connecting with the way that the male is performing the ritualistic dance.

a)

This is Geographic Reproductive Isolation

b)

This is Behavioral Reproductive Isolation

c)

This is Temporal Reproductive Isolation

13.

Porcupines & Hedgehogs aren't related species but both have quills to defend themselves. This describes which pattern of evolution?

a)

Adaptive Radiation

b)

Gradualism

c)

Coevolution

d)

Convergent Evolution

14.

A bee and a flower because of their mutualistic relationship must evolve at the same time. This represents which pattern of evolution?

a)

Convergent Evolution

b)

Adaptive Radiation

c)

Punctuated Equilibrium

d)

Coevolution

15.

Small changes in populations lead to the gradual divergence of species. Which pace of evolution does this represent?

a)

Punctuated Equilibrium

b)

Convergent Evolution

c)

Gradualism

d)

Adaptive Radiation

16.

Why is pesticide resistance an example of evolution?

a)

Because the pesticide changes the bugs

b)

Natural Selection acts on a mutation so all the bugs evolve

c)

Because the pests kill the leaves causing them to change