Module 6 Exam

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

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

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

B   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

C   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the functional role of adaptation

B  the evolutionary relationships of species

C  the concept of extinction

D  the role of mutation in evolution

A  HOMO sapiens

B  Homo sapiens

C  Homo Sapiens

D  homo sapiens

A  Darwin

B  Malthus

C  Wallace

D  Linnaeus

A  is only caused by humans today

B  opens up niches

C  Both promotes evolution and is only caused by humans today

D  promotes evolution.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  The occurrence of a mutation

B  some form physical barrier

C  a cline

D  None of the above

A  fitness

B  extinction

C  genetic drift

D  speciation

A  mechanical isolation

B  hybrid sterility

C  ecological barrier

D  gametic isolation

A  reproductive isolation

B  geographic isolation

C  ecological isolation

D  None of the above

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

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

C  The forearm of a human and foreleg of a dog

D  None of the above

A  Macroecology

B  Evolutionist

C  Paleontology

D  Fossilology

A  Both Founder Effect and Evolutionary bottleneck

B  Evolutionary bottleneck

C  Founder effect

D  natural selection

A  stabilizing

B  directional

C  disruptive

D  None of the above

A  beneficial

B  deleterious

C  lethal

D  neutral

A  natural selection

B  speciation

C  evolution

D  mutation

A  No mutation

B  No genetic drift

C  Selective, non-random mating

D  No natural selection

A  0.64

B  0.16

C  0.32

D  0.04

A  Lyell

B  Malthus

C  Ussher

D  Wallace

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Wallace

B  Mendel

C  Lyell

D  Lamark

A  mutation

B  species

C  change

D  adaptation

A  USS Enterprise

B  HMS Beagle

C  HMS Titanic

D  HMS Pinafore