Module 6 Exam

A   Disuse of an organ may lead to its eventual disappearance.

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

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

D   If the giraffes did not have to compete with each other, longer necks would not have been passed on to the next generation.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A    multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

B   unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

C    multicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

D   multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  the role of mutation in evolution

B  the evolutionary relationships of species

C  the functional role of adaptation

D  the concept of extinction

A  HOMO sapiens

B  Homo sapiens

C  homo sapiens

D  Homo Sapiens

A  Linnaeus

B  Darwin

C  Malthus

D  Wallace

A  promotes evolution.

B  opens up niches

C  is only caused by humans today

D  Both promotes evolution and is only caused by humans today

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  The occurrence of a mutation

B  some form physical barrier

C  a cline

D  None of the above

A  speciation

B  extinction

C  genetic drift

D  fitness

A  gametic isolation

B  ecological barrier

C  mechanical isolation

D  hybrid sterility

A  reproductive isolation

B  geographic 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  Macroecology

B  Fossilology

C  Paleontology

D  Evolutionist

A  Founder effect

B  Both Founder Effect and Evolutionary bottleneck

C  Evolutionary bottleneck

D  natural selection

A  disruptive

B  directional

C  stabilizing

D  None of the above

A  lethal

B  deleterious

C  beneficial

D  neutral

A  evolution

B  speciation

C  mutation

D  natural selection

A  No mutation

B  Selective, non-random mating

C  No genetic drift

D  No natural selection

A  0.64

B  0.32

C  0.16

D  0.04

A  Wallace

B  Ussher

C  Malthus

D  Lyell

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Lamark

B  Wallace

C  Mendel

D  Lyell

A  species

B  mutation

C  change

D  adaptation

A  USS Enterprise

B  HMS Titanic

C  HMS Beagle

D  HMS Pinafore