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Bio. Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Punctuated equilibrium:

a)

Rapid evolutionary change

b)

Slow change in allele frequencies over long periods of time

c)

Evolution that results in the formation of homologous structures

d)

Sudden elimination of a species due to a catastrophic event

2.

Gradualism:

a)

When two organisms, such as a predator and prey, evolve in response to one another

b)

Evolution that results in the formation of analogous structures

c)

Slow change in allele frequencies over long periods of time

d)

When allelic frequencies are stable and unchanging, therefore evolution is not occurring

3.

Coevolution:

a)

A physical trait that increases an organism's ability to survive in its environment

b)

Principle of natural selection that explains how beneficial traits should become more common over time, causing a change in allelic frequencies

c)

When two organisms, such as a predator and prey, evolve in response to one another

d)

All of the genes available in a population

4.

Descent with Modification

a)

A physical trait that increases an organism's ability to survive in its environment

b)

When traits that favor reproduction, even though they may decrease an organisms ability to survive, become more common over time

c)

Principle of natural selection that explains how harmful traits should become more common over time, causing a change in allelic frequencies

d)

Principle of natural selection that explains how beneficial traits should become more common over time, causing a change in allelic frequencies

5.

Adaptation:

a)

A physical trait that increases an organism's ability to survive in its environment

b)

When allelic frequencies are stable and unchanging, therefore evolution is not occurring

c)

When traits that favor reproduction, even though they may decrease an organisms ability to survive, become more common over time

d)

All of the genes available in a population

6.

Natural Selection:

a)

Biological change over time that causes descendants to be different from their ancestors

b)

Organisms with traits that make them better adapted to their environment will live longer and reproduce more than organisms less adapted to the environment

c)

When isolation, such as geographically, causes two populations of organisms to become so different that they can no longer reproduce with each other and create viable offspring

d)

Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution

7.

Convergent evolution:

a)

When isolation, such as geographically, causes two populations of organisms to become so different that they can no longer reproduce with each other and create viable offspring

b)

Evolution that results in the formation of homologous structures

c)

Slow elimination of species caused by small environmental changes over extended periods of time

d)

Evolution that results in the formation of analogous structures

8.

Divergent evolution:

a)

Evolution that results in the formation of analogous structures

b)

When traits that favor reproduction, even though they may decrease an organisms ability to survive, become more common over time

c)

Evolution that results in the formation of homologous structures

d)

Biological change over time that causes descendants to be different from their ancestors

9.

Mass extinction:

a)

Flightless birds, like the ostrich, are an example of this

b)

Sudden elimination of a species due to a catastrophic event

c)

Slow elimination of species caused by small environmental changes over extended periods of time

d)

When an individual dies

10.

Gradual extinction:

a)

Slow elimination of species caused by small environmental changes over extended periods of time

b)

Extinction that results in the formation of analogous structures

c)

Sudden elimination of a species due to a catastrophic event

d)

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11.

Speciation:

a)

Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution

b)

Principle of natural selection that explains how beneficial traits should spread & become more common over time, causing a change in allelic frequencies

c)

When two organisms, such as a predator and prey, speciate in response to one another

d)

When isolation, such as geographically, causes two populations of organisms to become so different that they can no longer reproduce with each other and create viable offspring

12.

Vestigial structures:

a)

The wings of flightless birds, like the ostrich, are an example of this

b)

Body structures that are similar in orientation, but completely different in function due to organisms living in different environments

c)

Similar body structures, such as fins, due to organisms living in the same environment, not same ancestry

d)

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13.

Analogous structures:

a)

The wings of flightless birds, like the ostrich, are an example of this

b)

Body structures that are similar in orientation, but completely different in function due to organisms living in different environments

c)

Similar body structures, such as fins, due to organisms living in the same environment, not same ancestry

d)

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14.

Homologous structures:

a)

Body structures that are different in orientation, but completely the same in function due to organisms living in different environments

b)

The wings of flightless birds, like the ostrich, are an example of this

c)

Similar body structures, such as fins, due to organisms living in the same environment, not same ancestry

d)

Body structures that are similar in orientation, but completely different in function due to organisms living in different environments

15.

Biogeography:

a)

Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution

b)

Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships

c)

Study of the physical distribution of plants and animals

d)

The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species

16.

Anatomy

a)

Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships

b)

Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution

c)

Study of embryological development in vertebrates that has led to support the theory of common ancestry among vertebrates

d)

Remnants of organisms such as imprints, bones, and feces

17.

Biochemistry:

a)

Study of the mental distribution of plants and animals

b)

Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution

c)

The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species

d)

Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships

18.

Paleontology:

a)

Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships

b)

The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species

c)

Study of embryological development in vertebrates that has led to support the theory of common ancestry among vertebrates

d)

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19.

Embryology:

a)

Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships

b)

The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species

c)

Study of embryological development in vertebrates that has led to support the theory of common ancestry among vertebrates

d)

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20.

Fossil:

a)

Study of the mental distribution of plants and animals

b)

Remnants of organisms such as imprints, bones, and feces

c)

The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species

d)

Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships