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WorksheetsUnit 7 Evolution and Taxonomy Exam Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya belong to which level of classification?
Class
Phylum
Domain
Kingdom
What is the theory that evolution occurs with relatively sudden periods of speciation (formation of a new species) followed by long periods of stability?
Natural Selection
Gradualism
Convergent Evolution
Punctuated Equilibrium
What is the theory that explains the process by which organisms have descended over time?
Evolution
Natural Selection
Biogeography
Genetic Drift
Which level of classification do the following categories belong to?
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Who spent 5 years aboard the HMS Beagle, studied finches, and developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Charles Darwin
Sewell Wright
Peter and Rosemary Grant
Which mechanism of evolution refers to a permanent change in a cell's DNA?
Mutation
Gene Flow
Recombination
Artificial Selection
What is Linnaeus's method of naming organisms that gives each species a scientific name that has two parts?
Classification
Taxonomy
Binomial Nomenclature
Systematics
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?
Mutation
Gene Flow
Natural Selection
Genetic Drift
Which of the following is not a characteristic of fungi?
Decomposer
Cell Wells with Chitin
Prokaryote
Heterotroph
Which mechanism of evolution refers to any change in allelic frequencies in a population that results from chance?
Gene Flow
Genetic Drift
Mutation
Gradualism
Humans are scientifically classified as Homo sapiens. Which levels of classification are the scientific name of an organism made up of?
Family, genus
Genus, species
Species, genus
Family, Species
Which domains contain organisms with prokaryotic cells?
Bacteria and Archaea
Bacteria and Eukarya
Archaea and Eukarya
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?
Animalia
Archaebacteria
Protista
Fungi
Which mechanism of evolution is the transfer or flow of genetic material from one population to another?
Gene Flow
Recombination
Natural Selection
Genetic Drift
A eukaryote with no cell walls that is multicellular, heterotrophic, and mobile, belongs in which kingdom?
Eubacteria
Animalia
Plantae
Protista
Which of the following kingdoms includes plant like algae, animal like protozoans, and fungus like slime molds?
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
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?
Gene Flow
Mutation
Natural Selection
Recombination
Which of the following lists the classifications of living hints in order from broadest to most specific?
Domain, Species, Phylum, Genus, Family, Class, Order, Kingdom
Domain, Phylum, Order, Genus, Kingdom, Class, Family, Species
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Which kingdom has organisms that are prokaryotic, unicellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic, and have cell walls with peptidoglycan?
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya
Protista
What is the theory that evolution occurs in small, gradual steps over time?
Evolution
Gradualism
Natural Selection
Punctuated Equilibrim
