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Study Guide for Evolution Test
1. Structures that have a similar embryological origin and structure but are adapted for different purposes, such as a bat
wing and a human arm, are called _____.
a. embryological structures b. analogous structures c. homologous structures d. homozygous structures
2. What is the movement of genes into and out of a gene pool called?
a. random mating b. nonrandom mating c. migration d. direct evolution
3. Upon close examination of the skeleton of an adult python, a pelvic girdle and leg bones can be observed. These
features are an example of _____.
a. artificial selection b. homologous structures c. vestigial structures d. comparative embryology
4. Natural selection can best be defined as the _____.
a. survival of the biggest and strongest organisms in a population b. elimination of the smallest organisms by the
biggest organisms c. survival and reproduction of the organisms that occupy the largest area d. survival and
reproduction of the organisms that are genetically best adapted to the environment
5. Why do organisms need to compete?
6. What is coevolution and what is an example of it? _____________________________________________________
7. Define Natural Selection: _________________________________________________________________________
8. Acquired traits are things that you acquire during your life, like my friend who scoops ice cream for her job and thus
has one arm that is bigger than the other. Is this passed down to offspring?
9. When was the black peppered moth more FIT?
10. What are some types of fossils? __________________________________________________________________
Do fossils show evidence of evolution?___________________
11. The idea that evolution happens slowly, and at a constant rate is called _g_________________.
12. List the 5 parts of the Hardy - Weinberg principle on genetic equilibrium.
1. _____________________________
4. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
5. _____________________________
3. _____________________________
13. Who was the man that studied the Galapagos Islands and the species variation there?
14.
________ flow is the movement of genes from one __________________ to another
15.
Type of Sturcture
Vestigial
Definition
Example
Show a common ancestor?
Homologous
Analogous
16. Natural selection acts on an organisms (phenotype / genotype).
17. Define adaptation:
______________________________________________________________________________________________
18. Be familiar with all the key concepts and notes from the chapter.
Study Guide for Evolution Test
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS:
STA:
2. ANS:
STA:
3. ANS:
STA:
4. ANS:
STA:
C
II.C.3.b
C
II.C.2.c
C
II.C.3.b
D
II.C.2.a
PTS: 1
DIF: B
OBJ: 15-3
PTS: 1
DIF: B
OBJ: 15-4
PTS: 1
DIF: B
OBJ: 15-3
PTS: 1
DIF: B
OBJ: 15-1
SHORT ANSWER
5. ANS:
Lack of resources
PTS: 1
6. ANS:
the process in which two of more speices become more adapted over time to each other’s presence is call
coevolution. Example, plants and their pollinatoaros.
PTS: 1
7. ANS:
organsisms with trist well suited to their evironent survive and reproduce more successfully than organsism less
suited to the same environment.
PTS: 1
8. ANS:
No
PTS: 1
9. ANS:
When the trees were covered with soot
PTS: 1
10. ANS:
Shells, or old bones, traces of dead organsims, insects trassped in tree sap
PTS: 1
11. ANS:
gradualism
PTS: 1
12. ANS:
no mutations
no natural selection
large population
random mating
no emigration and immigration
PTS: 1
13. ANS:
Darwin
PTS: 1
14. ANS:
gene population
PTS: 1
15. ANS:
a
PTS: 1
16. ANS:
phenotype
PTS: 1
17. ANS:
the process by which a population becomes better sutied to its environment
PTS: 1
COMPLETION
18. ANS: a
PTS: 1