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Evolution Test Review
1. Where is the best place to search for fossils?
2. What did Darwin call the combination of physical traits and behaviors that help an
organism survive and reproduce?
3. In a rock column, the fossils in the upper layers must be the (oldest, youngest)
4. The long slow process of change in species over time is _________________
5. According to Darwin, any inherited characteristic that increases an organism’s fitness
for survival is a(n) ___________________
6. Scientists who specialize in the study of fossils are ______________________
7. What is absolute dating? Relative dating?
8. The wings of a bat and the front legs of a dog are examples of what kind of
structures?
9. In humans, muscles that move the ears are ____________________ structures.
10. The presence of 4 tiny leg bones in pythons and boa constrictors (snakes) is evidence
that snakes evolved from ancestors with ___________________
11. According to Darwin, the long neck and legs of the giraffe are _______________
12. How did Lyell, Malthus, Farmers and Breeders, and Lamark influence Darwin’s
concept of evolution?
13. Darwin’s finches are an excellent example of
a. speciation
b. genetic recombination
c. artificial selection
d. convergent evolution
14. A new species usually cannot form without ____________ isolation.
15. Examples of analogous structures are
16. The first person to bring the concept of evolution to the attention of scientists was
__________________
17. Lyell’s work affected Darwin’s thinking by presenting new information about
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18. A group of similar-looking organisms that breed with each other and produce fertile
offspring make up are called a(n)
19. According to Darwinian theory, evolution occurs by ____________ selection.
20. Related organisms became less alike by
a. fitness
b. adaptation
c. convergent evolution
d. divergent evolution
21. The rock pocket mice are a classic example of
22. A species will have the best chance of survival if it
a. destroys its niche
b. occupies an empty niche
c. leaves its niche
d. shares its niche
23. The success of an organism has in passing on its genes is called ________________
24. Since the number of humps on a camel does not seem to affect its survival, the
evolution of humps probably resulted from
25. Scientists believe that all of the species ever alive on Earth, more than _____% are
now extinct.
26. Darwin argued that if you look far enough back in time, you will see that all species
have a __________________ ancestor.
27. A species has the best chance of survival if it occupies an empty _____________.
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28. The book in which Darwin explained his concept of evolution is
________________________________________.
29. The time required for half the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its
_____________________________________.
30. The human appendix is an example of a(n)
_______________________________________.
31. Scientists can determine the age of fossils quite accurately by
_____________________dating.
32. Most geologists agree that the Earth is about _________________years old.
33. Scientists who specialize in the study of fossils are
____________________________.
34. Body parts of humans, birds, and whales that are similar in structure are
________________________________________.
35. Scientists determine the age of fossils in relation to fossils in different rock layers by
_____________________________dating.
36. Wings of a bird, bat, and butterfly are examples of
______________________________________ .
37. The imprints and remains of organisms that lived in the past are
___________________________.
38. Discuss how Lamarck, Lyell, and Malthus influenced Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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39. How did the practices of farmers (and breeders) influence Darwin’s theory of
evolution?
40. The ability to taste PTC is due to a single dominate allele "T". You sampled 362
individuals in biology, and determined that 276 could detect the bitter taste of PTC
and 86 could not. Calculate
(a) The percent of dominant alleles in the population:
(b) The percent of recessive alleles in the population:
The percent of individuals that are
(c) Homozygous dominant:
(d) Heterozygous:
(e) Homozygous recessive:
(f) The number of individuals in the population that are homozygous dominant:
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