Evolution quiz

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

What is different between artificial selection and natural selection

1. Nothing, its basically the same
2. Natural selection has to do with survival, artificial selection not always
3. Artificial selection is dependent on nature alone, natural selection is not.
4. Natural selection is done by humans, artificial selection not

Which of the following is NOT a component of the theory of evolution by natural selection?

1. competition for food and space
2. variation among species
3. inheritance of acquired characteristics
4. survival and reproduction

The dog breeds we have today were developed through:

1. natural selection
2. artificial selection (selective breeding)
3. sexual selection
4. acquired selection

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CLASSIFICATION GROUP?

1. KINGDOM
2. PHYLUM
3. CLASS
4. ORDER

WHAT CLASS DO FROGS BELONG TO?

1. MAMMALS
2. REPTILES
3. AMPHIBIANS
4. BIRDS

Which kingdom has chloroplasts?

1. Animals
2. Plants
3. Bacteria
4. Fungi

What is the human genus name?

1. Homo
2. sapiens
3. neanderthalensis
4. Vertebrate

In Darwin's view of descent with modification

1. an organism's traits only affect its own survival
2. Natural selection can improve the match between an organism and its environment
3. Natural selection only operates when an organism needs to evolve
4. Individuals can evolve

The best description of natural selection is

1. The survival of the fittest
2. The struggle for existence
3. The reproductive succes of the members of a population best adapted to the environment
4. the overproduction of offspring in environments with limited natural resources

Darwin’s claim that all of life descended from a
common ancestor is best supported with evidence from

1. The fossil record
2. Comparitive anatomy
3. Taxonomy
4. Moleculair biology

Great similarity between species implies

1. Recent common ancestry
2. Remote common ancestry
3. Succesfull reproduction
4. Extinction

Which one of the 4 causes of evolution can lead to adaptation?

1. Non-random mating
2. Natural selection
3. Mutations
4. Small population

The shark (fish) and dolphin (mammal) are an example of

1. Convergent evolution
2. Divergent evolution
3. Adaptive radiation
4. Allopatric speciation

Features that were useful in ancestors but are no
longer useful are called

1. Analogous structures
2. Vestigial structures
3. Homologous structures
4. Favorable traits

If a population is in genetic equilibrium,

1. Evolution is occurring
2. Speciation is occurring
3. Allele frequencies remain the same from one generation to the next.
4. Allele frequencies change from one generation to the next.

The total genetic information in a population
is called the

1. Gene pool
2. Allele frequency
3. Phenotype frequency
4. Distribution of traits

The main division of life forms consists of 3 domains. Which of the 4 below is not one of them?

1. Bacteria
2. Archaea
3. Eukaryotes
4. Prokaryotes

These organs are

1. Homologous
2. Analogous
3. Vestigial

These organs are

1. Homologous
2. Analogous
3. Vestigial

A mutation is

1. a product of natural selection
2. caused by immigration or emigration
3. A change in an allele caused by a change in DNA
4. A random change in gene frequencies from 1 generation to the next

Homo sapiens and Homo erectus belong to the same genus

1. True
2. False

Homo sapiens and Homo erectus belong to the same species

1. True
2. False

A hummingbird and a humming moth have a number
of superficial features in common with each other. This
is an example of

1. Divergent evolution
2. Coevolution
3. Convergent evolution
4. Genetic drift

Put in the right order of natural selection

Over reproduction

Adaptation

Selection

Variation

Which organism is not heterotrophic?

1. Grass
2. Dog
3. Human
4. Fungi

Which of the following substances is organic?

1. Glucose
2. Carbon dioxide
3. Oxygen
4. Nitrogen

A bacteria is a:

1. Prokaryote
2. Eukaryote

Which cells do not have a cell wall?

1. Bacteria
2. Fungi
3. Plants
4. Animals

Which element causes allopatric speciation?

1. Specialisation on feeding
2. Seksual selection
3. Geographic isolation
4. The Galapagos islands

You want to make a diagram showing the similarities between bacteria and fishes. Which material is suited to do this?

1. Ribosomal RNA
2. Cytochrome C enzyme
3. Blood proteins
4. Saliva