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Evolution Test Review 1
Test Description: Evolution Test Review 1
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1) Which of the following characteristics is most easily inferred from the measurement of a fossil skull’s cranial capacity?
A
intelligence
B
evolutionary position
C
brain size
D
cultural development
2) Lucy’s skeleton revealed that she was bipedal. This means that she
A
crawled along the jungle floor.
B
lived in trees.
C
walked using all four limbs.
D
walked on two legs.
3) Two distinctive features of all primates are
A
depth perception & grasping hands.
B
grasping hands & feet.
C
depth perception & S-shaped spines.
D
opposable thumbs & S-shaped spines.
4) The age of Earth is estimated to be
A
2 billion years
B
2 million years.
C
4 million years
D
4 billion years
5) What did Pasteur do in his experiments on spontaneous generation that other scientists before him had not done?
A
He added microorganisms to the broth before he boiled it.
B
He used curve-necked flasks and left them open.
C
He boiled the broth in his flasks.
D
He sealed his flasks.
6) Which of the following best explains why fossils of tropical species were found in an arctic ecosystem?
A
Fossils are often moved from one place to another by various mammals.
B
Extinction occurred when tropical plants were exposed to cold weather.
C
Species in Antarctica adapted to eating warm-weather plants.
D
Antarctica's climate has changed over millions of years.
7) Scientists don’t use the common names of organisms because
A
All of the above
B
common names are too ambiguous.
C
an organism may have more than one common name.
D
an organism rarely has the same name in different languages.
8) The correct order of the biological hierarchy from kingdom to species is
A
kingdom, phylum, order, family, class, genus, species.
B
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
C
kingdom, class, family, order, phylum, genus, species.
D
kingdom, class, order, phylum, family, genus, species.
9) Homologous structures in organisms suggest that the organisms
A
must have lived at different times.
B
share a common ancestor.
C
are now extinct.
D
have a skeletal structure.
10) Which of the following best supports the theory of evolution?
A
Although they look different, the limbs of humans, frogs, and bats all share the same basic bones.
B
The bodies of humans, frogs, and bats change as they develop from birth to the adult stage.
C
Fossils of humans, frogs, and bats have been discovered on all major continents.
D
Humans, frogs, and bats all breathe with lungs during at least part of their lives.
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