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Chapter 15 Test Name _______________________________________________ _____1. The distribution of fossils is known as__ a. Biogeography b. Stratumography c. Uniformitarianism d. Evolution _____2. Lamarck’s explanation for the modification of species depended on a. Inheritance of acquired characteristics b. Convergent evolution c. The law of superposition d. Natural selection _____3. The idea that processes occurring now on Earth are much the same as those that occurred long ago is called a. Uniformitarianism b. Relativism c. Evolutionism d. Convergent evolution _____4. The observation that organisms arise in locations where similar, extinct organisms lived is referred to as a. Superposition b. Biogeography c. Uniformitarianism d. Evolution _____5. The similarities in the Galapagos finches implied a. Coevolution b. Convergent evolution c. Adaptive radiation d. Descent from different remote ancestors _____6. Difference in reproductive success is a. An acquired trait b. Adaptive radiation c. Natural selection d. Coevolution _____7. Great similarity between species implies a. Recent common ancestry b. Remote common ancestry c. Successful reproduction d. Extinction _____8. Features that were useful in ancestors but are no longer useful are called. a. Analogous features b. Vestigial features c. Homologous features d. Favorable traits _____9. Similar features in different species that originated in a shared ancestor are called a. Vestigial features b. Analogous features c. Homologous features d. Unexpressed genes _____10. A hummingbird and a humming moth have a number of superficial features in common with each other. This is an example of a. Divergent evolution b. Coevolution c. Convergent evolution d. Superposition _____11. What event in history came after birds arise from reptiles? a. Mammals diversified b. Marine invertebrates arise c. Amphibians arise d. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes arise _____12. An imprint in rocks in the shape of an organism is called a a. Cast b. Sediment c. Mold d. Print _____13. Galapagos Finches is an example of what type of evolution. a. Convergent evolution b. Adaptive radiation c. Artificial selection d. Coevolution _____14. A bat evolving its beak to grow fur and be more slender to reach nectar in flowers and flowers evolving to be more colorful and scented like fruit is an example of… a. Coevolution b. Convergent evolution c. Divergent evolution d. Artificial selection _____15. People select desirable traits in domestic dogs and breed those traits; this is an example of. a. Convergent evolution b. Adaptive radiation c. Artificial selection d. Coevolution _____16. Two species share the same common ancestor; over time they evolved to have less similar characteristics because of the different environments they live in. This is an example of a. Adaptive radiation b. Artificial selection c. Convergent evolution d. Divergent evolution _____17. A shark and a dolphin do not share the same common ancestor. They live in the same environment and overtime they evolved to have more similar characteristics. This is an example of a. Divergent evolution b. Convergent evolution c. Adaptive radiation d. Coevolution _____18. Many volcanoes created a higher carbon dioxide content in the air causing many organisms to die. This is called. a. Absolute age b. Biogeography c. Cast d. Mass extinction _____19. Different layers in the earth allow us to infer how old a fossil is. What are these layers called? a. Fossils b. Sediment c. Stratum d. Mold _____20. An organism that has a trait that helps them better survive is known as a(n) a. Acquired trait b. Fitness c. Adaptive advantage d. Natural selection _____21. Features that two organisms have that serve the same purpose and are similar; but they have different embryological development is known as a(n)_________trait. a. Analogous b. Vestigial c. Similar d. Adaptive _____22. Features that do not serve a purpose but organisms still have them are known as___traits. a. Analogous b. Vestigial c. Embryologistic d. Conserved _____23. Which is true about similarities of macromolecules? a. DNA is not useful to look at when comparing organisms and their evolving process. b. The more similar amino acid sequences are the less likely these organisms evolved from the same common ancestor. c. The amino acid sequences in human hemoglobin and gorilla hemoglobin differ by one amino acid. d. Darwin hypothesized that less-similar forms of organisms have a more recent common ancestor. _____24. Similar features of two organisms, like the leg of a penguin and the leg of an alligator, that originated in a shared ancestor are described as___ a. Vestigial b. Analogous c. Homologous d. Conserved _____25. The environment will pick what organism will better survive there, this is called___ a. Uniformitarianism b. Natural selection c. Environmental selection d. Acquired trait _____26. The example that earthquakes in Chile occurred years before Darwin and they just occurred last week is an example of ___ a. Natural selection b. Environmental selection c. Coincidence d. Uniformitarianism _____27.