Module 6 Exam

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

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

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   Disuse of an organ may lead to its eventual disappearance.

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 concept of extinction

B  the evolutionary relationships of species

C  the role of mutation in evolution

D  the functional role of adaptation

A  Homo sapiens

B  HOMO sapiens

C  homo sapiens

D  Homo Sapiens

A  Darwin

B  Linnaeus

C  Malthus

D  Wallace

A  opens up niches

B  promotes evolution.

C  Both promotes evolution and is only caused by humans today

D  is only caused by humans today

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  some form physical barrier

B  The occurrence of a mutation

C  a cline

D  None of the above

A  fitness

B  genetic drift

C  speciation

D  extinction

A  gametic isolation

B  ecological barrier

C  hybrid sterility

D  mechanical 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 forearm of a human and foreleg of a dog

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

D  None of the above

A  Fossilology

B  Paleontology

C  Evolutionist

D  Macroecology

A  natural selection

B  Founder effect

C  Both Founder Effect and Evolutionary bottleneck

D  Evolutionary bottleneck

A  disruptive

B  directional

C  stabilizing

D  None of the above

A  beneficial

B  neutral

C  lethal

D  deleterious

A  speciation

B  natural selection

C  evolution

D  mutation

A  No genetic drift

B  Selective, non-random mating

C  No natural selection

D  No mutation

A  0.16

B  0.64

C  0.04

D  0.32

A  Wallace

B  Ussher

C  Malthus

D  Lyell

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Lyell

B  Mendel

C  Lamark

D  Wallace

A  species

B  change

C  adaptation

D  mutation

A  HMS Beagle

B  HMS Pinafore

C  USS Enterprise

D  HMS Titanic