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Question #1... Based on the graph, which month had the
lowest precipitation?
50/50
A
June
C
August
B
July
D September
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Question #2... When a farmer breeds
only his or her best livestock, the
process involved is
50/50
A
Survival of the
fittest
B
Natural
selection
C
Acquired
characteristics
D
Artificial
selection
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Question #3... According to Darwin's theory of
natural selection, individuals who survive are the
ones best adapted for the environment. Their
survival is due to the:
50/50
A
Possession of
adaptations developed
through use
B
Lack of competition
within a species
C
Possession of
inherited adaptations
that maximize fitness
D
Choices made by plant
and animal breeders
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Question #4: An adaptation is an
inherited characteristic that can be
50/50
A
Physical or
geographical
C Physical or behavioral
B
Aquired during the
organism's lifetime
D
The result of artificial
selection
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Question #5... Charles Darwin
called the ability of an organism to
survive and reproduce in its
environment:
50/50
A
diversity
B
C
adaptation
D
fitness
evolution
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Question #6... In humans the pelvis and femur, or thigh bone, are involved in
walking. In whales, the pelvis and femur shown in the figure below are :
50/50
A
Examples of fossils
B
C
The result of
natural selection
D
Acquired traits
Vestigial structures
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Question #7... The number and location of bones
of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those
in living vertebrates. Most biologists would
probably explain this fact on the basis of:
50/50
A
The needs of the
organisms
B
C
a common ancestor
D
The struggle for
existence
The inheritance of
acquired traits
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Question #8... Charles Darwin viewed
the fossil record as :
50/50
A
Evidence that Earth was
thousands of years old
C
Interesting but unrelated to
the evolution of modern
species
B
A detailed record of
evolution
D
Evidence that traits are
acquired through use or
disuse
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Question #9... The same kinds of
cells that grow in similar patterns in
different but unrelated
organisms produce:
50/50
A
The same kind of
embryos
C
Descent with
modification
B
Natural variations in
a population
D
Homologous
structures such as
wings and arms
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Question #10 : Which concept is
not included in the modern theory
of evolution?
50/50
A
C
Transmission of
acquired
characteristics
Natural selection
B
Descent with
modification
D
Competition among
the member of a
population
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Question #11... A change in
sequence of DNA is called a
50/50
A
Polygenic trait
C Recombination
B
mutation
D Single gene trait
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Question #12... Gene shuffling
includes the independent
movement of chromosomes
during meiosis as well as
50/50
A
Mutations from
chemicals.
B
Mutations from
radiation
C
Changes in the
frequencies of
alleles
D
Crossing over
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Question #13... Which of the following is not
a way in which natural selection affects the
distribution of phenotypes?
50/50
A Chance Events
C
Stabilizing
Selection
B
Directional
Selection
D
Disruptive
Selection
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Question #14... The geographic isolation of
two populations of a species tends to
increase differences between their gene pools
because it :
50/50
A
Prevents
interbreeding within
each population
B
Prevents
interbreeding
between the
populations
C
Causes temporal
isolation of the two
populations
D
Increases differences
in courtship behavior
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Question #15... The Galapagos
finch species is an excellent
example of
50/50
A
Speciationn
C
Stabilizing
selection
B
Genetic
equilibrium
D
Selection on
single –gene
traitsn
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