Module 6 Exam

A   If the giraffes did not have to compete with each other, longer necks would not have been passed on to the next generation.

B    Characteristics acquired during an organism’s life are generally not passed on through genes.

C   Disuse of an organ may lead to its eventual disappearance.

D   Spontaneous mutations can result in the appearance of new traits.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

B    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

C    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

D   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the evolutionary relationships of species

B  the role of mutation in evolution

C  the concept of extinction

D  the functional role of adaptation

A  homo sapiens

B  Homo Sapiens

C  Homo sapiens

D  HOMO sapiens

A  Darwin

B  Malthus

C  Linnaeus

D  Wallace

A  Both promotes evolution and is only caused by humans today

B  is only caused by humans today

C  opens up niches

D  promotes evolution.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  a cline

B  The occurrence of a mutation

C  some form physical barrier

D  None of the above

A  extinction

B  genetic drift

C  speciation

D  fitness

A  gametic isolation

B  mechanical isolation

C  ecological barrier

D  hybrid sterility

A  ecological isolation

B  geographic isolation

C  reproductive isolation

D  None of the above

A  The forearm of a human and foreleg of a dog

B  The wing of a butterfly and the wing of a bat

C  The wing of a bird and the wing of a bat

D  None of the above

A  Paleontology

B  Macroecology

C  Fossilology

D  Evolutionist

A  Founder effect

B  natural selection

C  Both Founder Effect and Evolutionary bottleneck

D  Evolutionary bottleneck

A  disruptive

B  directional

C  stabilizing

D  None of the above

A  beneficial

B  lethal

C  neutral

D  deleterious

A  mutation

B  natural selection

C  evolution

D  speciation

A  No natural selection

B  Selective, non-random mating

C  No mutation

D  No genetic drift

A  0.32

B  0.16

C  0.04

D  0.64

A  Lyell

B  Wallace

C  Malthus

D  Ussher

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Lamark

B  Mendel

C  Wallace

D  Lyell

A  species

B  mutation

C  adaptation

D  change

A  USS Enterprise

B  HMS Pinafore

C  HMS Beagle

D  HMS Titanic