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BSCS- CH 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Having a very high birth weight or a very low birth weight increases the mortality rate of human babies. What type of selection may occur over time?

a)

directional selection

b)

disruptive selection

c)

stabilizing selection

d)

artificial selection

2.

A fire has wiped out the vegetation that produces medium sized seeds. As a result, the finches left can feed on seed that are available in two sizes: small and large. What type of selection is likely to take place in this population?

a)

directional selection

b)

disruptive selection

c)

stabilizing selection

d)

artificial selection

3.

In Canada, the people have overfished the salmon in a particular river. They catch the larger salmon and throw the smaller salmon back into the river. Over time, what type of selection is likely to take place?

a)

directional selection

b)

disruptive selection

c)

stabilizing selection

d)

artificial selection

4.

In a forest in Germany, there is a rat who has three fur coat colors: a light creamy color, a medium tan color, and a dark brown color. In this particular forest, the floor is a medium brown and the intermediate tan color mouse is better camouflaged.

a)

directional selection

b)

disruptive selection

c)

stabilizing selection

d)

artificial selection

5.

In interglacial periods in Europe, black bears body sizes got smaller. In the glacial periods in Europe, black bears body sizes got larger. What is this type of selection?

a)

directional selection

b)

disruptive selection

c)

stabilizing selection

d)

artificial selection

6.

Who is most closely related to Taxidea taxus?

a)

Lutra lutra

b)

Panthera pardus

c)

Canis latrans

d)

Canis lupus

7.

Which of these animals does not have/produce an amniotic egg?

a)

Turtle

b)

Leopard

c)

Lamprey

d)

All three of these animals produce the amniotic egg

8.

Which group of animals on this tree are most closely related to birds?

a)

Saurischian dinosaurs

b)

Ornithischian dinosaurs

c)

Crocodiles

d)

None of these are related to birds

9.

If a plant has vascular tissue but no seeds, which of the four plant groups here would it fall into?

a)

Ferns

b)

Cone-bearing plants

c)

Mosses

d)

Flowering plants

10.
A flash flood carried a raft of Amazon ants away from their original population. There is enough distance between the two groups, that they will never meet in nature again. What type of reproductive barrier is this?
a)
behavioral isolation
b)
temporal isolation 
c)
gametic isolation
d)
geographic isolation 
11.
The genitalia of the male damselfly varies in shape. Certain males can only hold onto & mate with females whose genitalia fit.  What type of reproductive barrier is this?
a)
behavioral isolation
b)
temporal isolation 
c)
gametic isolation
d)
mechanical isolation 
12.
Some female peacocks prefer males with large, colorful tales while other female peacocks prefer males with no tail at all. Females are beginning to only mate with the type of males with the tail they prefer. What type of reproductive barrier is this?
a)
behavioral isolation
b)
hybrid sterility 
c)
temporal isolation
d)
mechanical isolation 
13.
The flowers of pink tulips open in the morning, while the flowers of lavender tulips open in the early afternoon. The bees that pollinate these tulips cannot carry pollen back & forth between the two types of tulips because of their flowers being closed at different times of day. What type of reproductive barrier is this?
a)
behavioral isolation
b)
hybrid sterility 
c)
temporal isolation
d)
mechanical isolation 
14.
The term for the formation of new and distinct species over the course of evolution is...
a)
speciation
b)
biological species concept
c)
reproductive barrier
d)
natural selection
15.
What is a species? 
a)
A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. 
b)
A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring even if those offspring are infertile.
c)
A group of organisms that genetically are very different from each other. 
d)
Indivual organisms that live in the same environment. 
16.

What is the difference between a species and a population?

a)

Populations are made up of species.

b)

Populations are the same species, living in a specific geographic location, at the same time, while species are groups of populations that can interbreed regardless of location

c)

There is no difference. They are used interchangeably.

17.

What kingdom would a human belong to?

a)

Plant

b)

Animalia

c)

Protist

d)

Fungi

18.

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Crocodila

Family: Alligatoridae

Genus: Alligator

species: mississippiensis

a)

alligator Mississippiensis

b)

Crocodila chordata

c)

Alligator mississippiensis

d)

Reptilia crocodila

19.

Binomial Nomenclature takes which two taxons to name a species?

a)

Genus and Kingdom

b)

Phylum and Class

c)

Family and class

d)

Genus and species

20.

What are the only living hominids today?

a)

Apes

b)

Capuchin Monkeys

c)

Humans

d)

Chimpanzees