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Today’s Topic: Evolution
Ear muscles are an example of…
A. Homologous Parts
B. Vestigial Organs
C. Analogous Parts
D. Covergent Evolution
Some bacteria populations have
become antibiotic resistant. This is
an example of …
A. Direct Observation of Evolution
B. Evidence from Biochemistry
C. Evidence from Anatomy
D. Embryology
Evolution is defined as:
A. The gradual change in a population of
organisms over time
B. The fast change in a population of organisms
over time
C. Different species breeding together to create a
different animal
D. Animals never changing or adapting in an
environment
Two ancestors have similar DNA
sequences, it would indicate that
A. share a common ancestor
B. are not closely related
C. will have similar fitness
D. Have no evolutionary relationship
Which is the approximate age of the
Earth?
A. 4.5 thousand years ago
B. 4.5 million years ago
C. 4.5 billion years ago
D. 4.5 trillion years ago
The DNA sequences of whales and
ungulates (hoofed animals) are very
similar. What type of evidence?
A. Vestigial
B. Biochemistry
C. Embryological
D. Fossil
Which gas was most likely not part
of the Earth’s early atmosphere?
A. Carbon Dioxide
B. Hydrogen Cyanide
C. Nitrogen
D. Oxygen
Structures that may look similar and are
similar in function but are not inherited from
a recent common ancestor:
A. homologous structures
B. vestigial structures
C. analogous structures
D. ancestral structures
What tempo of evolution does the
diagram below represent?
A. Gradual
B. Elevated
C. Punctuated
D. Sequential
Which explains why the tortoises (same
species) on the different islands of the
Galapagos had slightly different variations in
their shells?
A. The different tortoises were different species
B. The environment on each island was different
C. Each type of tortoise could only survive on 1
island
D. They arrived from different places in the world
Which is part of the endosymbiont
theory?
A. Ancient prokaryotes engulfed
eukaryotes
B. Chloroplasts evolved from
cyanobacteria
C. Engulfed nutrients became
mitochondria
D. Archaea evolved into eukaryotes
What is the relationship between
natural selection and evolution?
A. They mean the same thing
B. evolution works against natural selection
C. evolution explains how natural selection
works
D. natural selection explains how evolution
works
Which species did we evolve from?
A. Chimpanzee
B. Gorilla
C. Ape
D. None of the above
What type of selection is shown in
the diagram below?
The flying squirrel and flying
phalanger are examples of…
A. Analogous Structures
B. Divergent Evolution
C. Convergent Evolution
D. Homologous Structures
Human breeding of animals or
plants for desired traits is called
A. Lamarckian Selection
B. Natural Selection
C. Inheritance
D. Artificial Selection
Fossils have been found that provide a
link in the evolution of whales from…
A. Two-legged mammals
B. Legless amphibians
C. Four-legged mammals
D. Flightless birds
Members of a species can
interbreed and …
A. Have separate reproductive strategies
B. Are distantly related to each other
C. Produce fertile offspring
D. Have a very different appearance
A check of the supermarket produce
section will show you that no two
eggplants are exactly alike in shape,
color, or size. Darwin would explain
this by saying that ____.
 A. variations exist in any population
 B. mutations occurred to form these different eggplants
 C. eggplant differences result from overproduction
 D. chance was responsible for all the differences seen
In the course of natural selection, best
adapted organisms tend to ____ and
therefore produce ____ offspring.
A. Die off, many
B. Survive, more
C. Overproduce, abnormal
D. Die off, few
The elements necessary for the
formation of amino acids are…
A. Methane and ammonia
B. Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and
Hydrogen
C. Water Vapor and Nitrogen
D. Sulfur and Oxygen
Which combination of characteristics
in a population would provide the
greatest potential for evolutionary
change?
A. Small population, few mutations
B. Large population, few mutations
C. Small populations, many mutations
D. Large population, many mutations
What type of adaptation is shown
below?
A. Camouflage
B. Artificial Selection
C. Homologous structures
D. Analogous structures
What term best describes these
structures?
A. Analogous
B. Vestigial
C. Homologous
D. Heterologous
Bears hibernate in the winter, what type
of adaptation is this?
A. Structural
B. Behavioral
C. Physiological
D. Adaptive Radiation
A population of bears became
geographically separated. Due to this,
the bears also had _________.
A. Homologous Structures
B. Analogous Structures
C. Convergent Evolution
D. Reproductive Isolation
Human and horse hemoglobin have more
differences in amino acids than human
and gorilla. What type of Evidence for
evolution is being studied?
A. DNA
B. Anatomy
C. Structural
D. Biochemical
On the islands of Hawaii there are a group of about
30 species of highly variable, but closely related,
species of plant called silverswords. These species
appear to be related to a small group of plants in
North America. What are the silverswords an
example of?
A. Mimicry
B. Analogous Structures
C. Vestigial Structures
D. Adaptive Radiation
Anatomically similar structures inherited
from a common ancestor are called
________________ structures.
A. Homologous
B. Analogous
C. Vestigial
D. Divergent
Which answer best shows an animal's
adaptation to the tropical rain forest?
A. Camouflage in a Tree Frog
B. An Elephant’s Long Trunk
C. The Long Neck of a Giraffe
D. Migration of Birds in Winter
A mutation is a _________ change in
genetic material.
A. Adaptive
B. Random
C. Naturally Selected
D. Divergent
Punctuated equilibrium and gradualism are
two models that describe the _____ of
speciation.
A. Rate
B. Cause
C. Direction
D. Completion
Which characteristic of the skulls below
shows an increase in intelligence?
A. Increased brain cavity size
B. Small eye sockets
C. Decreased teeth size
D. Round jaw
Which of the following is an adaptation
of primates?
A. Being able to walk on only 2 legs
B. Flexible shoulders
C. Slightly curved spine
D. Long narrow pelvis
Hemoglobin in organisms is a
__________ adaptation.
A. Structural
B. Physiological
C. Behavioral
D. Analogous
In the diagram below, the white bugs
became extinct due to ….
A. Genetic Drift
B. Covergent Evolution
C. Adaptive Radiation
D. Analogous Structures
What was the source of the
original atmosphere of early
Earth?
A. Light elements from space
B. Meteorite impacts
C. Volcanoes
D. Outgassing from Rocks
Which of these is evidence for the
endosymbiont theory?
A. Mitochondria and chloroplasts cannot
live on their own outside a cell.
B. Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain
their own circular DNA.
C. Mitochondria and chloroplasts have a
membrane.
D. Mitochondria and chloroplasts both
transform energy from sunlight.
This is an example of…
A. Covergent evolution
B. Analogous structures
C. Homologous structures
D. Vestigial structures
Which part of Darwin’s natural
selection theory is represented below?
 A. Variations exist in a
population.
 B. Those variations can be
inherited.
 C. More organisms are
produced that can survive
on natural resources.
 D. Variations that increase
reproductive success will be
passed on.
The HIV virus is constantly
changing and evolving. What type
of evidence for evolution is this?
A. Anatomy
B. Direct Observation
C. Embryology
D. Biochemistry
Broccoli and Cauliflower are the
same species. This is an example
of …
A. Natural Selection
B. Artificial Selection
C. Selective Breeding
D. Genetic Breeding
_______ molecules were created from
______present in the Earth’s
atmosphere.
A. Carbon, Water Vapor
B. Organic, Sulfur
C. Inorganic, Lightening
D. Organic, inorganic
Scientist hypothesize first cells
were _________.
A. Prokaryotes
B. Archaea
C. Cyanobacteria
D. Bacteria
Box 3 is…
A. Archaea
B. Chloroplast
C. Cyanobacteria
D. Mitochondria