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  FALSE

B  TRUE

A    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

B    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

C   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

D   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  the functional role of adaptation

B  the evolutionary relationships of species

C  the role of mutation in evolution

D  the concept of extinction

A  homo sapiens

B  HOMO sapiens

C  Homo Sapiens

D  Homo sapiens

A  Malthus

B  Darwin

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  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  a cline

B  some form physical barrier

C  The occurrence of a mutation

D  None of the above

A  speciation

B  fitness

C  extinction

D  genetic drift

A  ecological barrier

B  hybrid sterility

C  mechanical isolation

D  gametic isolation

A  geographic isolation

B  reproductive isolation

C  ecological isolation

D  None of the above

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

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

C  The forearm of a human and foreleg of a dog

D  None of the above

A  Evolutionist

B  Macroecology

C  Fossilology

D  Paleontology

A  natural selection

B  Founder effect

C  Evolutionary bottleneck

D  Both Founder Effect and Evolutionary bottleneck

A  directional

B  stabilizing

C  disruptive

D  None of the above

A  deleterious

B  beneficial

C  lethal

D  neutral

A  evolution

B  natural selection

C  speciation

D  mutation

A  Selective, non-random mating

B  No natural selection

C  No genetic drift

D  No mutation

A  0.04

B  0.16

C  0.64

D  0.32

A  Malthus

B  Wallace

C  Ussher

D  Lyell

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Wallace

B  Mendel

C  Lamark

D  Lyell

A  change

B  species

C  mutation

D  adaptation

A  USS Enterprise

B  HMS Beagle

C  HMS Titanic

D  HMS Pinafore