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WorksheetsExam 4 Cram
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 33mins
The duck-billed platypus and echidna are the only remaining species of mammals that still:
Live and reproduce in water
Have fins
Have feathers
Lay eggs
Chordates are (mostly)
vertebrates
invertebrates
prokaryotes
arthropods
The order of primates includes (select all that apply)
Rodents
Apes
Lemurs
Monkeys
Humans
Amphibians cannot live solely on land because
They do not have lungs to breathe oxygen
Their skin will dry out
Their eggs do not have shells and their young have gills
They survive on a diet of fish and algae
Mammals are
Phototrophs
Autotrophs
Producers
Heterotrophs
Animals evolved from
Protists
Bacteria
Archaea
Prokaryotes
The first two lineages of fish, the hagfish and the lampreys, did not yet have
Backbones
Jaws
Skulls
Notochords
Lancelets and tunicates are the only chordates without
Jaws
A backbone
Lobe-fins
An operculum
The first vertebrates with jaws were
Amphibians
Bony fish
Reptiles
Cartilaginous fish
All terrestrial vertebrates are
Endotherms
Mammals
Tetrapods
Ectotherms
All mammals
Give birth to live young
Are ectotherms
Have mammary glands and hair
Reproduce with an amniotic sac
Birds belong to the class of
Reptiles
Amphibians
Mammals
They belong to their own class
Birds can maintain their own body temperature without environmental influences, unlike other reptiles. This means they are
Ectothermic
Endothermic
Hypothermic
Intrathermic
Feathers aid in (select all that apply)
Insulation
Waterproofing
Strength
Flight
Reproduction
The mass extinction of dinosaurs occurred
3.5 billion years ago
65 million years ago
4.6 billion years ago
200,000 years ago
This category of mammals is isolated almost entirely on the continent of Australia
Monotremes
Eutherians
Tetrapods
Marsupials
This group gives birth to live young
Chordates
Mammals
Eutherians
Monotremes
Humans and chimpanzees
Are directly related
Have the same DNA
Share a common ancestor
Are not related
All humans emerged from
Asia
Europe
The Americas
Africa
The oldest human fossils ever discovered date back to
3.5 million years ago
200,000 years ago
4.6 billion years ago
2 million years ago
The Earth is
2 billion years old
3.5 billion years old
4.6 billion years old
46 billion years old
The earliest adaptation of plants was
Seeds
Flowers
Fruit
Vascular tissue
These plants are the most modern and dominant plant type on earth
Angiosperm
Gymnosperm
Bryophyta
Vascular seedless plants
Bryophyta thrived in humid, tropical climates because
They lacked vascular tissue
The need water to reproduce
They don't have a waxy outer layer
They do not have cell walls
The vascular system in plants is responsible for
Gas exchange
Structure
Transport
Storage
In a plant's vascular system, the xylem are
Dead cells that transport sugar
Living cells that transport sugar
Dead cells that transport oxygen and carbon dioxide
Dead cells that transport water and minerals
The phloem sends sugars from
shoots to roots
roots to shoots
leaves to stems
stems to leaves
Gymnosperm rely on ______________ for reproduction
Fruit
Animals
Water
Wind
Comparing sequences of DNA between species is called
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Fossil Records
Taxonomy
Comparative Anatomy
The smallest unit of life that can evolve is
A cell
An individual
A eukaryote
A population
The Cambrian explosion, that occurred 541 million years ago, lasting appx 13-25 million years before its plateau, is an example of _________________ and challenges Darwin's theory that all evolution and speciation occurs gradually over long periods of time.
Natural Selection
Punctuated Equilibrium
Graduated Diversification
Mass Extinction
Growth rings in trees represent
Seasonal xylem size differences
Seasonal phloem size differences
Bacteria growth
Fungi growth
Which plant has tap roots, flowers with 4 or 5 petals, and net-like veins in their leaves?
Monocot
Dicot
Bryophyta
Ferns
The anthers and filaments make up the _______________, the male reproductive organs of a flower
Carpel
Style
Stomata
Sepal
Stamen
Which group of chordates developed a swim bladder for buoyancy?
Cartilaginous fishes
Marine predators
Bony fish
Amphibians
Hagfishes
What is the broadest hierarchal category in taxonomy?
Species
Domain
Class
Family
What was the mechanism that Darwin developed for the theory of Evolution?
Variation
Natural Selection
Competition
Adaptation
Which one of these isn't a reproductive barrier?
Sympatric speciation
Hybrid weakness
Temporal isolation
Mechanical incompatibility
Where is the oldest fossil found in sedimentary rock?
It depends
Under bodies of water
The shallowest layer of rock
The deepest layer of rock
Changes over time within a species that results in a single new species
Nonbranching Evolution
Branching Evolution
Biogeography
Comparative embryology
Genetic bottleneck is random
True
False
Founder's effect _______________ genetic diversity
Increases
Decreases
Gene flow ________________ genetic diversity
Increases
Decreases
Comparative embryology suggests
All animals are descendants of fish
All animals share a common ancestor
All animals have gills
All animals have common organs and limbs
Determining the age of a fossil using radioactive isotopes
Radiometric dating
Relative dating
Isometric dating
Genomic dating
Evolutionary fitness depends on
An individual's physical strength and ability
An individual's health
The number of viable offspring an individual produces
Genetic diversity
The mass extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs and sent the planet into an ice age was likely caused by
Polarity shifts
Plate tectonics
An asteroid
Changes in atmospheric pressure
What is the closest living relative of the horsefly? (you may use the letter listed next to the species)
(a)
What is the most recent common ancestor of species A, C, and E? (you may use the letter listed next to the species)
(a)
Are katydids (B) more closely related to horseflies (D) or dragonflies (E)?
(a)
We can determine that species W is likely ____________ because their species line does not extend to the end of the tree
Extinct
Still living
When females select their mate based on physical characteristics, ritualistic behaviors, or some other motivating factor, we call this
Selective breeding
Natural selection
Sexual selection
Allopatric speciation
When changes in environment isolate certain populations of a species from one another, resulting in two new species over time, we call this
Sympatric speciation
Temporal Isolation
Mechanical Isolation
Allopatric Speciation
The source of all genetic variation
Genetic drift
Gene flow
Mutation
Sexual selection
The eastern meadowlark and the western meadowlark have different mating calls. Therefore, the females of each species do not respond to the mating calls of the different males. This is an example of
Habitat Isolation
Temporal Isolation
Mechanical Isolation
Allopatric Speciation
Behavioral Isolation
Bacteria that become immune to antibiotics is an example of
Natural Selection
Sexual Selection
Biogeography
Competition
Beavers with tails that are too short have difficulty making proper dams, while beavers with tails that are too long have difficulty swimming. Beavers with medium tails are best suited to their natural environment. What is this an example of?
Directional Selection
Stabilizing Selection
Disruptive Selection
Sexual Selection
What was the land mass called before the tectonic plates shifted into their current positions?
Afro-Eurasia
Pangaea
Laurasia
Vascular seedless plants are
Mosses
Flowering plants
Ferns
Conifers
Angiosperm rely on ________________ for reproduction
The sun
Water
Wind
Animals
The first life on Earth appeared
4.6 billion years ago
3.5 billion years ago
200,000 years ago
2 billion years ago
According to natural selection, individuals best suited to their environments are more likely to
Evolve
Change over time
Survive and reproduce
Grow and develop
