MCAT Bio: Evolution

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MCAT Test sobre MCAT Bio: Evolution, creado por aliking el 21/05/2014.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
The theory that states that all forms of life were created about 6000 years ago in the forms they hold now is:
Respuesta
  • Lamarckism
  • Darwinism
  • Polymorphism
  • Creationism

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Count George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon said that species:
Respuesta
  • Are static
  • Change over time
  • May be morphologically similar
  • Cannot interbreed

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Which of the following was NOT supported by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
Respuesta
  • Use and disuse
  • Inheritance of acquired traits
  • Natural selection
  • The change of species over time

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
According to Lamarck, traits, such as large muscles, that are acquired over an individual's lifetime:
Respuesta
  • are acted on by natural selection
  • can be passed on to offspring
  • cannot be passed on to offspring
  • are the result of a change of alleles

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Which of the following is used as evidence to support creationism?
Respuesta
  • Study of natural populations
  • The book of Genesis
  • Experimental genetics
  • Mathematical modeling of populations

Pregunta 6

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According to Darwin, what caused species to change over time?
Respuesta
  • Use and disuse
  • Lamarckian inheritance
  • Inheritance of acquired traits
  • Natural selection

Pregunta 7

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The fossil record:
Respuesta
  • Provides ample evidence against natural selection
  • Does not provide evidence against evolution by natural selection
  • Provides ample evidence for creationism
  • Does not provide evidence for inheritance of acquired traits

Pregunta 8

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Advances in which field were instrumental in making Darwin's theory of evolution widely accepted?
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  • Mathematics
  • Engineering
  • Paleontology
  • Genetics

Pregunta 9

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An individual's fitness is
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  • The ratio of body fat to muscle weight
  • The ability of that individual to survive to reproductive age
  • The probability that that individual will have 2 or more offspring
  • The probability that an individual will contribute its genes to the next generation
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