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Class 12 Biology Chapter 7 Evolution Quiz 25 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is a correct statement about the relationship between natural selection and evolution?
2. What is phylogeny?
3. What is an inherited characteristic that helps organisms survive?
4. He was able to develop three theories which include Theory of Need, Theory of Use and Disuse and Theory of acquired characteristics.
5. What type of selection favors only one end a population curve?
6. A population of white-tailed deer inhabits a certain patch of forest in Michigan. Which group of alleles can be considered the gene pool of those deer?
7. The more genetic variation a population has, the more likely it is for some individuals to
8. What types of organisms have similar characteristics and can reproduce?
9. Was an Austrian scientist, teacher, and Augustinian prelate who lived in the 1800s. He experimented on garden pea hybrids while living at a monastery and is known as the father of modern genetics.
10. Which characteristic is shared by all prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms?
11. A cladogram shows a model of how 4 mammals are related. Starting on the left, horses diverged first, then Gorillas, than Humans diverged from chimpanzees. What evidence would best support this claim of speciation?
12. Which scientist is known for the theory of evolution by natural selection?
13. Geologist who suggested the earth's age should be measured in the "millions" of years
14. What do we call a change in a species over time?
15. Which of the best explains how and why to take antibiotics
16. What is a Mass Extinction?
17. Which scientist is known for his work on the principles of uniformitarianism, which greatly influenced Darwin's understanding of geological processes?
18. Humans domesticating wolves and breeding them to make a variety of dog breeds today
19. What is hybridization?
20. Darwin's book was called On the Origin of
21. Largest extinction in Earth's history
22. What does the suffix "troph" indicate?
23. ..... is the theory of organic evolution .
24. In a population of 1000 people, 90 have blue eyes, which are recessive. What percent of the population is heterozygous for brown eyes?
25. Fossils that are created from the impression of an organism are called
26. Which of the following is not true of genetic drift?
27. What have evolved?
28. A large population of house flies was sprayed with a newly developed, fast-acting insecticide. The appearance of some houseflies that are resistant to this insecticide supports the concept that
29. A change in structure, behavior, or physiology that enhances survival and reproductive success in a particular environment is called .....
30. The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its .....
31. Period characterized by the greatest development, rise of modern insects and flowering plants
32. Structures that are shared by a related species and have been inherited by a common ancestor. (Same structure, different function)
33. Contain rubidium
34. When we say that an individual organism has a greater fitness than another individual, we specifically mean that the organism
35. The process by which organisms that are most suited to environment survive and reproduce
36. What is the "Beagle" ?
37. Remains of ancient organisms preserved in the earth's crust are called
38. When only the fittest organisms survive & reproduce ..... this is known as:
39. Charles Darwin's observation that finches of different species on the Galapagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics supports the hypothesis that these finches-
40. What role does genetic variation play in the evolution of species?
41. What is the bottleneck effect in evolutionary biology?
42. A population of animals is permanently split by a natural barrier into two separate populations in different environments. What will likely result after a long period of time?
43. Which two processes result in variations that commonly influence the evolution of sexually reproducing species?
44. The plant O. lamarckiana was studied by .....
45. Darwin proposed that all species, living and extinct, are descended from monkeys
46. When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?
47. A cause of artificial selection is .....
48. The sum of all of the genetic traits in a population's individuals at any given time is known as the .....
49. Which of the following statements explains Lamarkc, s Theory of Use and Disuse?
50. Biologists discover two rabbit species living on opposite sides of a large river. What could they do to test and see if these species came from a common ancestor?
51. Which aspect of the nature of science is exemplified by drawing scientific conclusions based on empirical evidence and logical reasoning?
52. In science, grouping objects or organisms to similar characteristics is called
53. Which of the following taxa have existed on Earth for the longest period of time?
54. Scientists believe that the polar bear in Alaska and the brown bear in Russia evolved from a common ancestor. Which would be responsible for this evolutionary change?
55. This scientist believed in natural selection but was not given the recognition
56. The example of an overcrowded city led to Darwin's idea that .....
57. Which statement supports the theory of natural selection
58. What is the difference between artificial selection and natural selection?
59. These structures are similar from common ancestry
60. Which of the following is necessary in order for speciation to occur?
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