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Ear muscles are an example of…
A. Homologous Parts
B. Vestigial Organs
C. Analogous Parts
D. Covergent Evolution
Some bacteria populations have
become antibiotic resistant. This is
an example of …
A. Direct Observation of Evolution
B. Evidence from Biochemistry
C. Evidence from Anatomy
D. Embryology
Two ancestors have similar DNA
sequences, it would indicate that
A. share a common ancestor
B. are not closely related
C. will have similar fitness
D. Have no evolutionary relationship
Which is the approximate age of the
Earth?
A. 4.5 thousand years ago
B. 4.5 million years ago
C. 4.5 billion years ago
D. 4.5 trillion years ago
The DNA sequences of whales and
ungulates (hoofed animals) are very
similar. What type of evidence?
A. Vestigial
B. Biochemistry
C. Embryological
D. Fossil
Which gas was most likely not part
of the Earth’s early atmosphere?
A. Carbon Dioxide
B. Hydrogen Cyanide
C. Nitrogen
D. Oxygen
Which is part of the endosymbiont
theory?
A. Ancient prokaryotes engulfed
eukaryotes
B. Chloroplasts evolved from
cyanobacteria
C. Engulfed nutrients became
mitochondria
D. Archaea evolved into eukaryotes
Which species did we evolve from?
A. Chimpanzee
B. Gorilla
C. Ape
D. None of the above
The flying squirrel and flying
phalanger are examples of…
A. Analogous Structures
B. Divergent Evolution
C. Covergent Evolution
D. Homologous Structures
Human breeding of animals or
plants for desired traits is called
A. Lamarckian Selection
B. Natural Selection
C. Inheritance
D. Artificial Selection
Fossils have been found that provide a
link in the evolution of whales from…
A. Two-legged mammals
B. Legless amphibians
C. Four-legged mammals
D. Flightless birds
Members of a species can
interbreed and …
A. Have separate reproductive strategies
B. Are distantly related to each other
C. Produce fertile offspring
D. Have a very different appearance
A check of the supermarket produce
section will show you that no two
eggplants are exactly alike in shape,
color, or size. Darwin would explain
this by saying that ____.
 A. variations exist in any population
 B. mutations occurred to form these different eggplants
 C. eggplant differences result from overproduction
 D. chance was responsible for all the differences seen
In the course of natural selection, best
adapted organisms tend to ____ and
therefore produce ____ offspring.
A. Die off, many
B. Survive, more
C. Overproduce, abnormal
D. Die off, few
The elements necessary for the
formation of amino acids are…
A. Methane and ammonia
B. Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and
Hydrogen
C. Water Vapor and Nitrogen
D. Sulfur and Oxygen
Which combination of characteristics
in a population would provide the
greatest potential for evolutionary
change?
A. Small population, few mutations
B. Large population, few mutations
C. Small populations, many mutations
D. Large population, many mutations
What type of adaptation is shown
below?
A. Camouflage
B. Artificial Selection
C. Homologous structures
D. Analogous structures
What term best describes these
structures?
A. Analogous
B. Vestigial
C. Homologous
D. Heterologous
Bears hibernate in the winter, what type
of adaptation is this?
A. Structural
B. Behavioral
C. Physiological
D. Adaptive Radiation
A population of bears became
geographically separated. Due to this,
the bears also had _________.
A. Homologous Structures
B. Analogous Structures
C. Convergent Evolution
D. Reproductive Isolation
Human and horse hemoglobin have more
differences in amino acids than human
and gorilla. What type of Evidence for
evolution is being studied?
A. DNA
B. Anatomy
C. Structural
D. Biochemical
On the islands of Hawaii there are a group of about
30 species of highly variable, but closely related,
species of plant called silverswords. These species
appear to be related to a small group of plants in
North America. What are the silverswords an
example of?
A. Mimicry
B. Analogous Structures
C. Vestigial Structures
D. Adaptive Radiation
Anatomically similar structures inherited
from a common ancestor are called
________________ structures.
A. Homologous
B. Analogous
C. Vestigial
D. Divergent
Which answer best shows an animal's
adaptation to the tropical rain forest?
A. Camouflage in a Tree Frog
B. An Elephant’s Long Trunk
C. The Long Neck of a Giraffe
D. Migration of Birds in Winter
A mutation is a _________ change in
genetic material.
A. Adaptive
B. Random
C. Naturally Selected
D. Divergent
Punctuated equilibrium and gradualism are
two models that describe the _____ of
speciation.
A. Rate
B. Cause
C. Direction
D. Completion
Which characteristic of the skulls below
shows an increase in intelligence?
A. Increased brain cavity size
B. Small eye sockets
C. Decreased teeth size
D. Round jaw
Which of the following is an adaptation
of primates?
A. Being able to walk on only 2 legs
B. Flexible shoulders
C. Slightly curved spine
D. Long narrow pelvis
Hemoglobin in organisms is a
__________ adaptation.
A. Structural
B. Physiological
C. Behavioral
D. Analogous
In the diagram below, the white bugs
became extinct due to ….
A. Genetic Drift
B. Covergent Evolution
C. Adaptive Radiation
D. Analogous Structures
What was the source of the
original atmosphere of early
Earth?
A. Light elements from space
B. Meteorite impacts
C. Volcanoes
D. Outgassing from Rocks
Which of these is evidence for the
endosymbiont theory?
A. Mitochondria and chloroplasts cannot
live on their own outside a cell.
B. Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain
their own circular DNA.
C. Mitochondria and chloroplasts have a
membrane.
D. Mitochondria and chloroplasts both
transform energy from sunlight.
This is an example of…
A. Covergent evolution
B. Analogous structures
C. Homologous structures
D. Vestigial structures
Which part of Darwin’s natural
selection theory is represented below?
 A. Variations exist in a
population.
 B. Those variations can be
inherited.
 C. More organisms are
produced that can survive
on natural resources.
 D. Variations that increase
reproductive success will be
passed on.
The HIV virus is constantly
changing and evolving. What type
of evidence for evolution is this?
A. Anatomy
B. Direct Observation
C. Embryology
D. Biochemistry
Broccoli and Cauliflower are the
same species. This is an example
of …
A. Natural Selection
B. Artificial Selection
C. Selective Breeding
D. Genetic Breeding
_______ molecules were created from
______present in the Earth’s
atmosphere.
A. Carbon, Water Vapor
B. Organic, Sulfur
C. Inorganic, Lightening
D. Organic, inorganic
Scientist hypothesize first cells
were _________.
A. Prokaryotes
B. Archaea
C. Cyanobacteria
D. Bacteria
Box 3 is…
A. Archaea
B. Chloroplast
C. Cyanobacteria
D. Mitochondria