Unit 4 Test

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Quiz on Unit 4 Test, created by Erich Kassner on 17/01/2018.
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Question 1

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The following are conditions under which evolution may take place EXCEPT:
Answer
  • genetic drift
  • mutations
  • random mating
  • natural selection

Question 2

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Choose the two processes that cause gene flow
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  • Emmigration/Immigration
  • Natural Selection/Random Mating
  • Emmigration/Natural Selection
  • Immigration/Nonrandom Mating
  • Random Mating/Nonrandom Mating

Question 3

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[blank_start]fossils[blank_end] are remains or traces of preexisting organisms
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  • fossils

Question 4

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Who developed the idea that geologic processes shaped Earth in the past and continue to operate today?
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  • Jean Baptiste Lamarck
  • Charles Darwin
  • Charles Lyell

Question 5

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Which one of the following is NOT one of the assumptions that must be made in order for the Hardy-Weinberg genetic equilibrium to apply to a population?
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  • No net mutations occur
  • The population is small
  • selection does not occue
  • individuals neither enter nor leave the population
  • individuals mate randomly

Question 6

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Genetic drift operates most strongly in large populations
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Which of these kingdoms include both unicellular and multicellular forms?
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  • Plantae/Protista
  • Protista/Eubacteria
  • Animalia/Archaebacteria
  • Protista/Fungi
  • Animalia/Eubacteria
  • Animalia/Plantae

Question 8

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The science of classifying living things is called:
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  • Speciation
  • Classification
  • Taxonomy
  • Identificaition

Question 9

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The correct order of the classification system: [blank_start]Domain[blank_end], [blank_start]Kingdom[blank_end], [blank_start]Phylum[blank_end], [blank_start]Class[blank_end], [blank_start]Order[blank_end], [blank_start]Family[blank_end], [blank_start]Genus[blank_end], [blank_start]Species[blank_end]
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  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Kingdom
  • Domain
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species

Question 10

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Which of the levels of the classification system are included in "binomial nomenclature"?
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  • Genus and species
  • Domain and kingdom
  • Class and order
  • All of the levels

Question 11

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Which of the following is used in systematic taxonomy to classify organisms?
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  • patterns of embryological development
  • homologous features
  • amino acid sequences of proteins
  • all of the above

Question 12

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The organism Quercus phellos is a member of the genus
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  • Quercus
  • Plantae
  • Protista
  • phellos

Question 13

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Two organisms in the same class but different orders
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  • are in the same phylum
  • have the same genus name
  • are in different kingdoms
  • are members of the same species

Question 14

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Two organisms in the same order but different families may
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  • be more similar than two organisms in different classes
  • be in the same class
  • have the same species identifier
  • all of the above

Question 15

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Phylogenetic trees depict
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  • known evolutionary relationships between organisms
  • only living organisms
  • presumed evolutionary relationships based on physical features only
  • presumed evolutionary relationships based on a variety of types of evidence

Question 16

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Taxonomy is defined as the science of
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  • studying ribosomal RNA sequencing techniques
  • studying reproductive mechanisms and gene flow
  • classifying plants according to their uses in agricultural experiments
  • grouping organisms according to their characteristics and evolutionary history

Question 17

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Darwin used the phrase "Survival of the Answer [blank_start]fittest[blank_end]" to describe natural selection, which is the measure of an individual's hereditary contribution to the next generation.
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  • fittest
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