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Review Quizzes
Chapters 17-19
and 24-28
1. Which of the following
was not present in the
prebiotic environment?
a. CO2
b. ammonia
c. H2O
d. methane
e. O2
1. Which of the following
was not present in the
prebiotic environment?
a. CO2
b. ammonia
c. H2O
d. methane
e. O2
2. The earliest enzymes are
thought to have consisted of
a. protein
b. RNA
c. DNA
d. saccharides
e. triglycerides
2. The earliest enzymes are
thought to have consisted of
a. protein
b. RNA
c. DNA
d. saccharides
e. triglycerides
3. Which of the following is
NOT a condition of the
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
a. no natural selection
b. large population size
c. no mutation
d. no migration into or out of
the population
e. non-random mating
3. Which of the following is
NOT a condition of the
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
a. no natural selection
b. large population size
c. no mutation
d. no migration into or out of
the population
e. non-random mating
4. What is meant by an organism’s
“fitness” in an evolutionary sense?
a. The organism uses O2 efficiently
b. The organism survives to
adulthood
c. The organism survives to adulthood
and reproduces
d. The organism survives to
adulthood and finds a mate
e. The organism is not killed before
adulthood
4. What is meant by an organism’s
“fitness” in an evolutionary sense?
a. The organism uses O2 efficiently
b. The organism survives to
adulthood
c. The organism survives to adulthood
and reproduces
d. The organism survives to
adulthood and finds a mate
e. The organism is not killed before
adulthood
5. One method of dating
organic material
involved finding the
ratio of
a. CO2 to CO
b. 18O to 16O
c. H2O to CO2
d. 14C to 12C
e. CO to O2
5. One method of dating
organic material
involved finding the
ratio of
a. CO2 to CO
b. 18O to 16O
c. H2O to CO2
d. 14C to 12C
e. CO to O2
6. The greatest degree of
genetic variability would be
among organisms that
reproduce via
a. budding
b. sporulation
c. sexual recombination
d. vegetative propagation
e. mitosis
6. The greatest degree of
genetic variability would be
among organisms that
reproduce via
a. budding
b. sporulation
c. sexual recombination
d. vegetative propagation
e. mitosis
7. Which of the following
statement is true regarding
mutations?
a. mutations are irreversible
b. mutations are generally lethal to
populations
c. mutations serve as a source for
genetic variation
d. mutations affect only certain loci
in a population
e. mutation rates are very high in
most populations
7. Which of the following
statement is true regarding
mutations?
a. mutations are irreversible
b. mutations are generally lethal to
populations
c. mutations serve as a source for
genetic variation
d. mutations affect only certain loci
in a population
e. mutation rates are very high in
most populations
8. Kangaroos, koalas, and opossums
are all marsupials, or animals
with a maternal pouch. The
diversity of marsupials in
Australia is an example of
a. divergent evolution
b. convergent evolution
c. disruptive selection
d. genetic variability
e. speciation
8. Kangaroos, koalas, and opossums
are all marsupials, or animals
with a maternal pouch. The
diversity of marsupials in
Australia is an example of
a. divergent evolution
b. convergent evolution
c. disruptive selection
d. genetic variability
e. speciation
a. stabilizing selection
b. directional selection
c. sympatric selection
d. allopatric selection
e. disruptive selection
9. mortality in an annual plant is highest
among the extreme variants
10. favors selection of both larger and
smaller snails relative to
intermediate variants
11. favors selection of organisms with
longer limbs than the average
12. population geographically isolated
from members of species gives rise
to separate species
a. stabilizing selection
b. directional selection
c. sympatric selection
d. allopatric selection
e. disruptive selection
9. mortality in an annual plant is highest
among the extreme variants A
10. favors selection of both larger and
smaller snails relative to
intermediate variants E
11. favors selection of organisms with
longer limbs than the average B
12. population geographically isolated
from members of species gives rise
to separate species D
13.
14.
15.
16.
a. use and disuse
b. natural selection
c. comparative anatomy
d. biogeography
e. paleontology
a body builder develops large muscle
appearance of strains of bacteria that
are not affected by antibiotics
study of past + present distribution of
species
the fossil of an ancient horse,
Hyracotherium, reveals two splints on
either side of the large toe, indicating
that it was a progenitor of the modern
horse
13.
14.
15.
16.
a. use and disuse
b. natural selection
c. comparative anatomy
d. biogeography
e. paleontology
a body builder develops large muscle A
appearance of strains of bacteria that
are not affected by antibiotics B
study of past + present distribution of
species D
the fossil of an ancient horse,
Hyracotherium, reveals two splints on
either side of the large toe, indicating
that it was a progenitor of the modern
horse E
a. Cambrian
b. Devonian
c. Jurassic
d. Cretaceous
e. Quaternary
17. mammals evolved during this
geologic period
18. gymnosperms developed during
this geologic period
19. chordates developed during
this geologic period
a. Cambrian
b. Devonian
c. Jurassic
d. Cretaceous
e. Quaternary
17. mammals evolved during this
geologic period C
18. gymnosperms developed during
this geologic period B
19. chordates developed during
this geologic period A