Biology Week 7 Evolution quiz

Biology Week 7 Evolution of living things quiz Name:
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1. The process by which living things change over a period of time
. A. natural selection B. speciation C. genetic drift D. evolution

2. A group of organisms that mate and produce fertile offspring.
. A. family B. species C. class D. none of these

3. A comparison of internal and external structures of organisms.
. A. morphology B. phylogeny C. anatomy D. none of these
4. The collection of genes for all the traits in a population
. A. frequency B. drift C. equilibrium D. gene pool
5. Organisms with favorable variations survive and reproduce at a higher rate
. A. evolution B. speciation C. natural selection D. none of these
6. Many species appear to be related to a single ancestral species
. A. natural selection B. adaptive radiation C. coevolution D. none of these
7. This man said that "man evolved from a monkey"
. A. Charles Darwin B. Jean Lamarck C. Alfred Russel Wallace D. none of these
8. The percentage of a specific allele of a gene in the gene pool
. A. genetic drift B. gene frequency C. adaptive radiation D. allele frequency
9. Unrelated species becoming more and more similar in appearance because of shared environments
. A. evolution B. convergent evolution C. divergent evolution D. none of these
10. John T. Scopes was a
. A. scientist B. teacher C. lawyer D. none of these
11. ______ are similarities in the skeletal structure of different species.
. A. vestigal structures B. homologous structures C. embryology structures D. none of these
12. Organ or sturctures that still appear in an organism but do not have any apparent function.
. A. vestigal stucture B. homologous structure C. missing limb D. embryology
13. A set of numerous individual fossils that show a change between one species and another.
. A. transitional fossils B. genetic variation fossils C. embryology fossils D. fossil shift
14. The fact that all organisms share the same basic DNA structure and thus are related is evolution evidence from which of the following fields of science?
. A. Paleontology B. Molecular biology C. Anatomy-physiology D. none of these
15. Similarities during vertebrate embryos development follow a common developmnetal path due to their common ancestry is evidence found in ________.
. A. embryology B. biogeography C. paleontology D. none of these

16 Darwin's voyage took place on a ship named the _______.

. A. HMS discovery B. HMS frontier C. HMS beagle D. none of these

True-false questions - use plus (+) to indicate true and zero (O) to indicate false.
17. Darwin's voyage took him to Australia.
18. Your opposable thumb makes it possible to grasp objects.
19. Paleontologist would most likely study genetic evidence that supports evolution.
20. "Lucy" is one of the first hominid skeletons found to be just under 3.18 million years old.
21. Evolution is a biological fact.
22. Living things change over a period of time.
23. A population will remain in genetic equilibrium as long as mutations occur.
24. Darwin ended his voyage in Falmouth, England.
25. The name of Darwin's book is the, Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

1.	The process by which living things change over a period of time
.	A. natural selection	B. speciation	C. genetic drift	D. evolution

2.	A group of organisms that mate and produce fertile offspring.
.	A. family	B. species	C. class	D. none of these

3.	A comparison of internal and external structures of organisms.
.	A. morphology	B. phylogeny	C. anatomy	D. none of these

4.	The collection of genes for all the traits in a population
.	A. frequency	B. drift	C. equilibrium	D. gene pool

5.	Organisms with favorable variations survive and reproduce at a higher rate
.	A. evolution	B. speciation	C. natural selection	D. none of these

6.	Many species appear to be related to a single ancestral species
.	A. natural selection	B. adaptive radiation	C. coevolution	D. none of these

7.	This man said that "man evolved from a monkey"
.	A. Charles Darwin	B. Jean Lamarck	C. Alfred Russel Wallace	D. none of these

8.	The percentage of a specific allele of a gene in the gene pool
.	A. genetic drift	B. gene frequency	C. adaptive radiation	D. allele frequency

9.	Unrelated species becoming more and more similar in appearance because of shared environments
.	A. evolution	B. convergent evolution	C. divergent evolution	D. none of these

10.	John T. Scopes was a
.	A. scientist	B. teacher	C. lawyer	D. none of these

11.	______ are similarities in the skeletal structure of different species.
.	A. vestigal structures	B. homologous structures	C. embryology structures	D. none of these

12.	Organ or sturctures that still appear in an organism but do not have any apparent function.
.	A. vestigal stucture	B. homologous structure	C. missing limb	D. embryology

13.	A set of numerous individual fossils that show a change between one species and another.
.	A. transitional fossils	B. genetic variation fossils	C. embryology fossils	D. fossil shift

14.	The fact that all organisms share the same basic DNA structure and thus are related is evolution evidence from which of the following fields of science?
.	A. Paleontology	B. Molecular biology	C. Anatomy-physiology	D. none of these

15.	Similarities during vertebrate embryos development follow a common developmnetal path due to their common ancestry is evidence found in ________.
.	A. embryology	B. biogeography	C. paleontology	D. none of these

16	Darwin's voyage took place on a ship named the _______.
.	A. HMS discovery	B. HMS frontier	C. HMS beagle	D. none of these