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Review for Unit 1.3 Test!

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is believed that this gas was not present on early Earth's atmosphere.

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

methane

2.

This scientist's set of experiments irrefutably disproved the theory of spontaneous generation.

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

John Needham

c)

Francesco Redi

d)

Aleksandr Oparin

3.

_________ built a closed system simulating the conditions of early Earth where simple organic compounds, like amino acids, formed.

a)

Oparin and Haldane

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Miller and Urey

d)

Francesco Redi

4.

The formation of new species of birds (finches) in the Galapagos Islands was caused by _________.

a)

Episodic isolation

b)

Geographic isolation

c)

Temporal isolation

d)

Behavioral isolation

5.

A change in the structure of genes or chromosomes of an organism. (Nucleotides are altered)

a)

Genetic Recombination

b)

Genetic Drift

c)

Mutation

d)

Gene Flow

6.

____________ have different skeletal structures, but the same function.

a)

Homologous structures

b)

Vestigial structures

c)

Analogous structures

d)

Molecular structures

7.

The sequence of DNA bases is the same for every organism.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

As humans evolved, their _________ increased in size and their ________ decreased in size.

a)

brains, jaws

b)

jaws, brains

c)

legs, brains

d)

jaws, legs

9.

________ have similar skeletal structures, but different functions.

a)

Homologous structures

b)

Vestigial structures

c)

Analogous structures

d)

Molecular structures

10.

A type of genetic drift in which small groups of organisms separate from a larger population and form new small colonies.

a)

Gene Flow

b)

Founder Effect

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Artificial Selection

11.

The exchange of genes between two populations.

a)

Genetic Drift

b)

Founder Effect

c)

Gene Flow

d)

Genetic Recombination

12.

Which of the following is NOT part of what is believed the first life forms were like?

a)

Did not need oxygen to survive

b)

Lived in the oceans

c)

Were probably unicellular

d)

Were probably eukaryotes