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Unit 7 Evolution and Taxonomy Exam Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya belong to which level of classification?

a)

Class

b)

Phylum

c)

Domain

d)

Kingdom

2.

What is the theory that evolution occurs with relatively sudden periods of speciation (formation of a new species) followed by long periods of stability?

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Gradualism

c)

Convergent Evolution

d)

Punctuated Equilibrium

3.

What is the theory that explains the process by which organisms have descended over time?

a)

Evolution

b)

Natural Selection

c)

Biogeography

d)

Genetic Drift

4.

Which level of classification do the following categories belong to?

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

Phylum

d)

Class

5.

Who spent 5 years aboard the HMS Beagle, studied finches, and developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

a)

Jean Baptiste Lamarck

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Sewell Wright

d)

Peter and Rosemary Grant

6.

Which mechanism of evolution refers to a permanent change in a cell's DNA?

a)

Mutation

b)

Gene Flow

c)

Recombination

d)

Artificial Selection

7.

What is Linnaeus's method of naming organisms that gives each species a scientific name that has two parts?

a)

Classification

b)

Taxonomy

c)

Binomial Nomenclature

d)

Systematics

8.

What is the theory of evolution developed by Darwin based on four ideas: excess reproduction, variations, inheritance, and the advantages of specific traits in an environment?

a)

Mutation

b)

Gene Flow

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Genetic Drift

9.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of fungi?

a)

Decomposer

b)

Cell Wells with Chitin

c)

Prokaryote

d)

Heterotroph

10.

Which mechanism of evolution refers to any change in allelic frequencies in a population that results from chance?

a)

Gene Flow

b)

Genetic Drift

c)

Mutation

d)

Gradualism

11.

Humans are scientifically classified as Homo sapiens. Which levels of classification are the scientific name of an organism made up of?

a)

Family, genus

b)

Genus, species

c)

Species, genus

d)

Family, Species

12.

Which domains contain organisms with prokaryotic cells?

a)

Bacteria and Archaea

b)

Bacteria and Eukarya

c)

Archaea and Eukarya

13.

Which kingdom contains extremophiles that can live in boiling hot springs, salty lakes, thermal vents, and the mud of marshes where there is not any oxygen?

a)

Animalia

b)

Archaebacteria

c)

Protista

d)

Fungi

14.

Which mechanism of evolution is the transfer or flow of genetic material from one population to another?

a)

Gene Flow

b)

Recombination

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Genetic Drift

15.

A eukaryote with no cell walls that is multicellular, heterotrophic, and mobile, belongs in which kingdom?

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Animalia

c)

Plantae

d)

Protista

16.

Which of the following kingdoms includes plant like algae, animal like protozoans, and fungus like slime molds?

a)

Protista

b)

Fungi

c)

Plantae

d)

Animalia

17.

Which mechanism of evolution is the exchange of genetic material between different organisms which leads to production of offspring with combinations that differ from those found in either parent?

a)

Gene Flow

b)

Mutation

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Recombination

18.

Which of the following lists the classifications of living hints in order from broadest to most specific?

a)

Domain, Species, Phylum, Genus, Family, Class, Order, Kingdom

b)

Domain, Phylum, Order, Genus, Kingdom, Class, Family, Species

c)

Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain

d)

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

19.

Which kingdom has organisms that are prokaryotic, unicellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic, and have cell walls with peptidoglycan?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archaea

c)

Eukarya

d)

Protista

20.

What is the theory that evolution occurs in small, gradual steps over time?

a)

Evolution

b)

Gradualism

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Punctuated Equilibrim