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Unit 8 Exam Study Prep (5/16)

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Some organisms that share a common ancestor, have features that no longer serve a function but are remnants that served a purpose in their past. These are known as ____.

a)

Homologous Structure

b)

Analogous Structure

c)

Vestigial Structure

d)

Embryological Structure

2.

Some organisms that share a common ancestor, have features that have different functions, but are similar structures. These are known as ____.

a)

Homologous Structure

b)

Analogous Structure

c)

Vestigial Structure

d)

Embryological Structure

3.

Some organisms that share a common ancestor having similar developmental stages and structures controlling their development in various stages of development. These are known as ____.

a)

Homologous Structure

b)

Analogous Structure

c)

Vestigial Structure

d)

Embryological Structure

4.

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have adaptations to a common function but are anatomically different. An example is the wings of fly, bird, and bat. These are known as ____. Choose the correct term.

a)

Homologous Structure

b)

Analogous Structure

c)

Vestigial Structure

d)

Embryological Structure

5.

Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this? Choose the correct explanation.

a)

The function of these bones is the same in all animals

b)

They live in similar environments

c)

They have a common ancestor

d)

There is no connection and scientists are wrong

6.

Bird wings and butterfly wings are an example of ____. Choose the correct term.

a)

Homologous Structure

b)

Analogous Structure

c)

Mimicry

d)

Camouflage

7.

An organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in its environment refers to its ____. Choose the correct term.

a)

Mutation

b)

Variation

c)

Fitness

d)

Genetic Drift

8.

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with age and identification of fossils? Choose the correct answer.

a)

Fossil Record

b)

Comparative Anatomy

c)

Embryology

d)

Biochemistry

9.

Which of the following pieces of evolution evidence deals with comparing similar structures of various species; using morphology to identify relationships? Choose the correct answer.

a)

Fossil Record

b)

Comparative Anatomy

c)

Embryology

d)

Biochemistry

10.

What is the type of natural selection where individuals for the extreme type are more likely to survive and reproduce; produces a shift in normal distribution?

a)

Genetic Drift

b)

Disruptive Selection

c)

Directional Selection

d)

Stabilizing Selection

11.

What is the type of natural selection where individuals of the intermediate traits are lost and both extreme forms are more likely to survive and reproduce?

a)

Genetic Drift

b)

Disruptive Selection

c)

Directional Selection

d)

Stabilizing Selection

12.

The name of the process where a species move to a different area and creates a new entirely different population.

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Genetic Drift

c)

Mutation

d)

Gene Flow

13.

What is the type of natural selection where the intermediate trait is more likely to survive and reproduce; decrease in the extreme forms?

a)

Genetic Drift

b)

Disruptive Selection

c)

Directional Selection

d)

Stabilizing Selection

14.

A type of genetic drift in which small groups of organisms separate from larger populations to form new colonies.

a)

Bottleneck Effect

b)

Founder’s Effect

c)

Artificial Selection

d)

Natural Selection

15.

Charles Darwin had no intention of publishing his works because he knew it would be a logistical nightmare for his family.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The smaller the gene pool, the higher the diversity of mates and less likely for the bottleneck effect to occur when a natural disaster strikes.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

An example of the Bottleneck Effect is when a natural disaster hits, drastically reducing the large population and new gene pool contains only survivors.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Microevolution is large changes over a very large time scale.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The mechanisms for evolution are mutations, gene flow and natural selection.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

This image is an example of

a)

vestigial sttructures

b)

similar embryology

c)

geographic distribution

d)

fossil record

21.

Match the type of evidence to its corresponding component of evolutionary support.

a)

Reveals similarities in body structures and functions between organisms

1.

Homologous Anatomical Structures

b)

Determines time in which a species was living and reveals extinct species

2.

Fossil Evidence

c)

Reveals genetic sequence similarities and differences between organisms.

3.

Molecular Evidence

22.
The appendix is an example of a 
a)
homologous structure
b)
vestigial structure 
c)
analogous structure
d)
embryological stage
23.

Match the following

a)

Analogous Structure

1.

Same function different structure

b)

Homologous Structure

2.

Same structure different function

c)

Comparative Embryology

3.

Comparing embryological development of different species

d)

Biochemical Evidence

4.

Comparing DNA and amino acid sequences of different species

e)

Vestigial Structures

5.

Structures in the body of an organism that no longer work.

24.

The fossils found closer to the surface of the ground are generally -


(a)  
Choose from the below words
Younger & more complex
Older & simpler
Younger & simpler
Older & more complex
25.

The preserved remains of an organism, or the trace evidence of an organism’s existence in the past. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Fossil
Remnant
Artifact
Relic
26.

Evidence for a ​ (a)   can be found in the fossil record

Choose from the below words
common ancestry
evolution
natural selection
fossils
27.

The diagram shows data on the evolution of horses. The data in the diagram is evidence that —

a)

a new species of horse suddenly appeared

b)

horses slowly developed over time

c)

horses have similar stages of rapid embryological development

d)

horses have a common ancestry with other hooved animals

28.

Whales pelvis is

a)

Homologous

b)

analogous

c)

common structure

d)

vestigial structure

29.

Which can be used as evidence for evolution (change over time)? Check all that apply.

a)

Fossils

b)

Homologous Structures

c)

Embryo Similarities

d)

Biochemical Analysis

30.

Match the following scientist with their ideology

a)

Co-Father of Evolution

1.

Russel Alfred Wallace

b)

Father of Evolution

2.

Charles Darwin

c)

Wrote about Speciation using Poems

3.

Eramus Darwin

d)

Father of Geology

4.

Charles Lyell

e)

Religious Scientist who was against idea of evolution

5.

George Cuvier

31.

What type of evidence for evolution is depicted in the image?

(Hint: Same Structure But Different Function)

a)

Homologous Structure

b)

Vestigial Structure

c)

Analogous Structure

d)

Embryological Structures

32.

What type of evidence for evolution is depicted in the image?

(Hint: Same Function But Different Structure)

a)

Homologous Structure

b)

Vestigial Structure

c)

Analogous Structure

d)

Embryological Structures

33.

What type of evidence for evolution is depicted in the image?

(Hint: Remnants of past structure and function)

a)

Homologous Structure

b)

Vestigial Structure

c)

Analogous Structure

d)

Embryological Structures

34.

How does comparative anatomy provide evidence for evolution?

a)

By disproving the theory of evolution

b)

By proving that all organisms have identical anatomy

c)

By focusing solely on molecular biology

d)

By showing structural similarities and differences among species

35.

Why are homologous structures important in studying evolution?

a)

They are unrelated to evolutionary theory

b)

They indicate a common ancestry

c)

They suggest that all species have the same DNA

d)

They show that species do not evolve

36.

The similarities of bone structure in the diagram provide evidence of what?

a)

The organisms probably use there forelimbs for the same thing.

b)

The organisms evolved from a common ancestor.

c)

The organisms have the same DNA.

d)

All vertebrate species have identical forelimbs.

37.

Structures that are similar in function but are not similar in origin (a)  

Choose from the below words
Analogous Structures
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Structures
Divergent Structures
38.

Evolution is the result of a process called ____________

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Artificial Selection

c)

Survival of the Weakest

d)

Supernatural Selection

39.

Some changes in genes can help organisms _____

a)

Survive

b)

Mutate

c)

Rest

40.

True or False? All changes in genes are harmless.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Which word describes the word "variation"?

a)

Adaptations

b)

Differences

c)

Traits

d)

Genetics

42.
Variations in a population are caused by:
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Selective Breeding
c)
Artificial Selection
d)
Random Mutations
43.
If an environment changes, populations with ______________ have a better chance of survival.
a)
No genetic variations
b)
Genetic variations
c)
A small number
d)
A large number
44.

Genetic diversity is decreased through this process.

a)

Gene Flow

b)

Genetic Drift

45.

Adaptations are features you are born with that either help you or hurt you in your environment.

a)

True

b)

False