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Unit 5 Packet Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Packet pages 11 & 12:

After watching the video; The Evolutionary Arms Race; Question #13: What was the relationship between some cats and FIV and 10% of the European Population and HIV?

a)

All of these individuals had HIV

b)

both had these groups with mutations to be resistant to the virus

c)

It was because previous exposure to TB (tuberculosis) that they were resistant

2.

Packet Pages 11 & 12: Question #5

A. What is our weapon against infectious diseases?

B. What was the first one created?

C. When was it created?

a)

A. antibiotics B. penicillin C. WW2

b)

A. flu vaccinations B. doxoflu C. WW1

c)

A. cough syrup B. penicillin C. WW1

3.

Pages 11-12 Video Question #7

What disease does tuberculosis (TB) rival in death rates?

a)

AIDS

b)

Mumps

c)

Cancer

d)

Gonorrhea

4.

According to the lab (pages 7-10)

Analysis page 10 Question 1:

What is the experiment's ...

A. Independent Variable

B. Dependent Variable

C. Control Group

a)

A. Time Measured; B. Ability to use thumb; C. Tasks done without Opposable Thumb

b)

A. Ability to Use Thumb; B. Time Measured; C. Tasks done with Opposable Thumb

5.

Using your Lab Activity (pages 7-10):

What would be an appropriate CONCLUSION for this activity?

When the class completed tasks with the use of their thumbs and without their thumbs, we can conclude that...

a)

all students without their thumbs did not finish at all

b)

all students with their thumbs took longer to complete the tasks

c)

all students with their thumbs took less time to complete the tasks

d)

all students without their thumbs would be faster in half of the tasks

6.

Who was Charles Darwin? (pgs 2-4)

a)

Englishman that traveled the globe and developed his theory of natural selection

b)

Went to Hawaii and noticed the different bugs adaptations

c)

Believed and proved the theory of Intelligent Design

d)

God-fearing man who proved the earth was 6,000 years old.

7.

Pages 2-4:

Genetic drift is change in the allele frequency of a population due to...

a)

random chance

b)

natural selection

c)

non-random mating (sexual selection)

d)

artificial selection

8.

Pages 2-4

What is another name for natural selection?

a)

survival of the smartest

b)

survival of the fastest

c)

survival of the biggest

d)

survival of the fittest

9.

Page 6: #5

The environment around Manchester, England, changed during the Industrial Revolution. How did this change affect peppered moths living in the area?

a)

Natural selection favored moths with dark wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.

b)

Natural selection favored moths with white wings that were easy for predators to see.

c)

Natural selection favored moths with white wings because predators could not see them on the soot-colored trees.

d)

Natural selection caused moths with white wings to become extinct.

10.

Pages 2-4:

What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

a)

homologous

b)

vestigial

c)

variation

d)

adaptation

11.

Pages 2-4:

What is this an example of?

a)

diversity of organisms

b)

variation among a single species

c)

vestigial structures

d)

DNA mapping

12.

Pages 2-4:

Genetic drift is more likely to happen in...

a)

large populations

b)

small populations

c)

terrestrial populations

d)

older populations

13.

Pages 2-4:

When individuals choose traits possessed by the opposite sex it is called… (Ex. Peacocks with their feathers on display)

a)

Mutation

b)

Gene Flow

c)

Genetic Drift

d)

Sexual Selection

14.

Pages 2-4:

This mechanism of evolution occurs when populations migrate.

a)

Extinction

b)

Gene flow

c)

Genetic drift

d)

Natural Selection

15.

Pages 13-14:

The death of every member of a species is

a)

The flu

b)

an epidemic

c)

extinction

d)

a population

16.

Pages 13-14:

______ _________ explains how two or more organisms could evolve similar traits even though they are not related to each other.

a)

convergent evolution

b)

reproductive isolation

c)

derived characters

d)

hybrid vigor

17.

Pages 13-14:

Other insects can not, but, a bumble bee has just enough weight to open up the snapdragon flower and pollinate. This adaption is ....

a)

convergent evolution

b)

co-evolution

c)

divergent evolution

d)

speciation

18.

Pages 13-14:

Species that are closely related (share a common ancestor) become increasingly different through

a)

divergent evolution

b)

competitive relationships

c)

convergent evolution

d)

disruptive selection

19.

Pages 13-14:

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures. This process is known as

a)

co-evolution

b)

convergent evolution

c)

adaptive radiation/divergent evolution

d)

contrasting evolution

20.

Pages 13-14:

Sharks and dolphins both have streamlined bodies that allow them to move through water efficiently, this is an example of which type of evolution?

a)

Divergent

b)

Coevolution

c)

Convergent

d)

Artificial

21.

Pages 13-14:

The idea that evolution seems to occur in spurts of time.

a)

stabilizing selection

b)

directional selection

c)

disruptive selection

d)

punctuated equilibrium

22.

Pages 13-14:

The hypothesis that evolution of a species occurs gradually over time as a slow and constant process is known as

a)

speciation

b)

punctuated equilibrium

c)

gradualism

d)

microevolution

23.

Page 15:

Question 1:

Butterflies, bats and birds all have wings that allow them to fly. Butterfly wings, however, do not have bones like bat and bird wings.

This is an example of:

a)

convergent evolution

b)

divergent evolution

c)

extinction

d)

gradualism

24.

Page 15:

Question #4:

The Dodo was a flightless bird, first spotted in 1598. The Dodo had no known predators until sailors hunted them and invasive species from the ships were introduced (cats, rats, etc). The last sighting of the dodo was in 1662.

a)

This is Extinction

b)

This is Punctuated Equilibrium

c)

This is Gradualism

d)

This is Adaptive Radiation

25.

Page 15:

#7 Fossil Evidence suggests that whales evolved from land mammals. (Woah! Who knew?!) This was a SLOW process over THOUSANDS of years that resulted from continual reduction of the ancestral mammal's forelimbs (hands, arms, etc) until they were reduced to fins.

a)

This is Gradualism

b)

This is Extinction

c)

This is Punctuated Equilibrium

d)

This is Convergent Evolution