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Ms Scott's Test Review For Evolution
Test Description: This test covers material found in the Holt Biology Textbook, Chapter 13.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Charles Darwin traveled to the ____________ Islands where he observed the result of natural selection in finches.
A
Galapagos
B
Hawaiian
C
Canary
D
Caribbean
2) Natural Selection is the theory that
A
stronger people will rule the world.
B
organisms can interbreed to create a new species.
C
animals that are smarter won't die because they can outsmart their predators and get away.
D
individuals that have traits that better suit their environment are more likely to survive and will reproduce.
3) Which one of these is not one of the four factors of natural selection?
A
Individuals tend to produce more offspring than the environment can support.
B
All populations have genetic variation.
C
Individuals in a population who have an advantage over others will take over and kill off the weaker individuals.
D
Individuals that are better able to cope with the challenges presented by their environment tend to have more offspring.
4) Genetic variation is caused by
A
Random Fertilization
B
Independent Assortment
C
All of the above
D
Mutations
5) The model of evolution in which periods of rapid change in species are separated by periods of little or no change is called
A
Gradualism
B
Evolution
C
Punctuated Equilibrium
D
Speciation
6) Finger bones in whale fins are an example of
A
None of these
B
Fossils
C
Homologous Structures
D
Vestigial Structures
7) Tonsils are an example of
A
Fossils
B
None of these
C
Vestigial Structures
D
Homologous Structures
8) Which of these shares homologous structures with humans?
A
Bats
B
Frogs
C
Alligators
D
All of the above
9) Why did M. tuberculosis become resistant to the antibiotics isoniazid and rifampin?
A
A mutation in the bacteria's DNA made it resistant and it was able to reproduce without being affected by the antibiotics.
B
They were vaccinated.
C
The bacteria came back to life because the antibiotics were too weak.
D
The bacteria mixed with other bacteria that was resistant to the antibiotics.
10) Divergence is
A
the last step in the formation of a new species.
B
the accumulation of differences between groups.
C
forming a subspecies through interbreeding.
D
belonging to more than one group.
11) At what point does a subspecies become a new species?
A
Once the subspecies begin to kill each other.
B
Once the subspecies looks completely different from each other.
C
Once the subspecies can no longer interbreed.
D
Once the subspecies decides to move away.
12) Which of these is not a barrier that can prevent certain species from reproducing?
A
Geographic Isolation
B
Mortality of the parents
C
Physical differences
D
Different mating times
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