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  FALSE

B  TRUE

A    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

B   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

C    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

D   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the role of mutation in evolution

B  the functional role of adaptation

C  the evolutionary relationships of species

D  the concept of extinction

A  Homo Sapiens

B  homo sapiens

C  Homo sapiens

D  HOMO sapiens

A  Wallace

B  Malthus

C  Darwin

D  Linnaeus

A  is only caused by humans today

B  promotes evolution.

C  opens up niches

D  Both promotes evolution and is only caused by humans today

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  extinction

B  speciation

C  fitness

D  genetic drift

A  hybrid sterility

B  mechanical isolation

C  ecological barrier

D  gametic isolation

A  reproductive isolation

B  ecological isolation

C  geographic 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  Macroecology

B  Paleontology

C  Evolutionist

D  Fossilology

A  Both Founder Effect and Evolutionary bottleneck

B  natural selection

C  Evolutionary bottleneck

D  Founder effect

A  directional

B  disruptive

C  stabilizing

D  None of the above

A  neutral

B  deleterious

C  beneficial

D  lethal

A  evolution

B  mutation

C  natural selection

D  speciation

A  No natural selection

B  No genetic drift

C  No mutation

D  Selective, non-random mating

A  0.04

B  0.32

C  0.16

D  0.64

A  Malthus

B  Lyell

C  Wallace

D  Ussher

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Lyell

B  Wallace

C  Lamark

D  Mendel

A  change

B  species

C  adaptation

D  mutation

A  HMS Pinafore

B  USS Enterprise

C  HMS Beagle

D  HMS Titanic