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1In a protein coding gene, which parts are involved in coding for the protein?
- ARNA polymerase
- Btranslators
- CDNA polymerase
- Dintrons
- Eexons
2Dr. Keck studies _______.
- Abirds
- Bfish
- Cwater chemistry
- Ddisease
- Erocks
3Crossing over usually occurs among _________.
- Ahomologous chromosomes
- Bnon-homologous chromosomes
- Cstrands of DNA
- Dgamets
- Esomatic cells
4In the hierarchical classification system we use to organize life, a genus usually includes a group of
- Aclosely related species
- Bdistantly related species
- Cclosely related orders
- Ddistantly related orders
- Eseveral domains
5Crossing over can result in a genotype that is ______ compared to the parental type.
- Aidentical
- Bduplicated
- Crecombinant
- Dhomeoboxed
- Emitosis
6Today, new species are only discovered in unpopulated and unexplored regions of the tropics.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Speciation is best described as ________.
- Aa very rare event
- Ba rapid event
- Conly occurring in asexual organisms
- Dthe result of sexual selection
- Ea process
8The Biological Species Concept states that a species is a group of ________.
- Agenetically related individuals
- Bmorphologically similar individuals
- Cinterbreeding individuals
- Dgenetically identical individuals
- Ealive individuals
9If you wanted to look at the frequencies of alleles in a population and see if they were changing through time, what concept that we've talked about would help you?
- AHardy-Weinberg equilibrium
- BFst
- Cisolation
- Dtranslation
10If someone said that increasing nuclear power generation would increase the number of people that drowned in swimming pools, they would be treating nuclear power generation as the ________.
- Adependent variable
- Bindependent variable
- Cconclusion
- Dobservation
- Enone of the above
11The number of alleles for a gene that a diploid individual will have is ___________.
- Atwo
- Bfour
- Cone
- Dhaploid
- Eall alleles in the population
12Transcription results in the production of ___________.
- Aprotein from the RNA
- Bprotein from the DNA
- CRNA from protein
- DDNA from RNA
- ERNA from DNA
13A benefit of asexual reproduction, compared to sexual reproduction, is much ___________.
- Afaster mutation
- Bslower growth
- Cfaster reproduction
- Dslower reproduction
- Emore crossing over
14The primary biological purpose of DNA is ___________.
- Ato provide code for the phenotype
- Bthe compact form of a chromosome
- Ca double helix
- Da way to label species
15Point mutations occur at the same rate throughout the entire genome.
- ATrue
- BFalse
16A gene pool consists of ___________.
- Aall the alleles in a population
- Ball the alleles in one individual in a population
- Cthe genotype of an individual
- Dthe probability of different gametes mixing
- Egametes in the pool of the local dive hotel
17The species concept we will be using in this class is broadly defined as groups of individuals ___________.
- AWhere offspring resemble parents
- Bthat interbreed
- Cthat share a common ancestor
- Dthat are genetically identical
- Ethat are morphologically identical
18The current extinction rate for species is __________.
- Aabout the same it's always been
- Bslightly lower than earlier times
- Cmuch higher
- Dslower than the speciation rate
- Ejust right
19A point mutation changes __________.
- Athe chromosome organization
- Bthe chromosome number
- Cpoints in the DNA helix
- Dthe nucleotide in the DNA sequence
- Ethe nucleotide in the protein sequence
20____________ is the name of the ancient super continent composed of all the current Southern Hemisphere continents, but not the current northern hemisphere continents.
- AGondwana
- BPangaea
- CLaurasia
- DAustralia
- EPandora
21Mass extinctions are often followed by ____________.
- Aecological desertification
- Bhigh rates of dispersal
- Crapid diversification of species
- Dvery slow increase in numbers of species
22If a group of closely related lizard species all ate the same thing, but had strikingly different courtship displays, it is most likely they diversified along an axis of ___________.
- Atrophic morphology
- Blocomotion
- Cvicariance
- Dsexual selection
- Epollination
23The largest mass extinction was the ___________.
- AOrdovician
- BDevonian
- CPermian
- DTriassic
- EAnthropocene
24Phylogenetic methods can be used to determine _____________.
- Athe relationships among organisms
- Bevolutionary patterns among organisms
- Cthe causes of diversification for groups of organisms
- Dthe number of times mammals moved into aquatic lifestyles
- Eall the above
25Chili peppers benefit from being hot in the context of increased seed dispersal, because __________.
- Acapsaicin is avoided by mammals but not by birds
- Bcapsaicin is avoided by birds but not by mammals
- Ccapsaicin causes explosive ejection from the digestive tract of the consuming organism
- Dcapsaicin is hydrophilic and can be carried by rain
- Ecapsaicin makes the consuming organism run around in pain before depositing the seeds
26In your laboratory you mix the gametes from a pair of species that have been evolving separately for 40 million years and count viable embryos, and then you mix gametes from a pair of species that had only been separated for 4 million years and count viable embryos. Based on what you know about hybrid viability and reproduction isolation, you would probably see which of the following?
- Ano viable embryos, because species cannot interbreed
- Ball eggs turn into viable embryos, because the biological species concept is out of style
- Cmore viable embryos in the 4 million year cross than the 40 million year cross
- Dmore viable embryos in the 40 million year cross than the 4 million year cross
- Enone of the above
27Evolution can best be summarized by the phrase ____________.
- Ainheritance of acquired traits
- Bdescent with modification
- Cfixation of acquired traits
- Dthe accumulation of variation
- Evariation through mutation
28The method of estimating the age of an object through determining the ratios of radioactive isotope products is called ___________.
- Aradiometric dating
- Babiotic dating
- Cring dating
- Ddecay dating
- Eorganic dating
29All of the following are examples of pre zygotic isolation except for _________.
- Aallopatry
- Bflowering at different times
- Clock and key genitalia
- Dfemale choice of male behavior
- Eoffspring not developing to maturity
30A population with allele frequencies that are not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium may be experiencing?
- Asexual selection
- Bgene flow from another population
- Cdrift due to population size
- Ddirectional selection for faster growth
- Eany of these
31If a species disappears from its entire range and can no longer be found it is considered __________.
- Aextinct
- Bextirpated
- Cdispersed
- Dextant
- Efounder effected
32The Permian mass extinction, when lots of large insects went extinct, was largely caused by ____________.
- AHypnotoad
- Ba rapid depletion of oxygen in the atmosphere
- Cincreased volcanism
- Da meteorite striking the Yucatan Peninsula
- Ethe Anthopocene
33The oldest rocks on earth and meteorites that have been tested by radiometric dating support the hypothesis that earth is approximately ________ years old.
- A100 thousand
- B1 million
- C100 million
- D1 billion
- E4.5 billion
34If individuals from two genetically different populations mate and the offspring do poorly, it could be a result of _____________.
- Astabilizing selection
- Boutbreeding depression
- Cdisruptive selection
- Dinbreeding depression
- Edirectional selection
35Extirpation is the ____________.
- Aloss of a species through part of its range
- Bloss of a species throughout all of its range
- Cthe relocation of a species
- Dthe allele diversity in a species
- Erange expansion
36When a population experiences a bottleneck, is experiences a _____________.
- Aweak directional selection
- Bstrong directional selection
- Cstrong selection for genetic drift
- Ddecrease in genetic diversity
- Eincrease in genetic diversity
37The Cretaceous - Paleogene extinction (the one when non-avian dinosaurs went extinct) was most likely caused by ____________.
- Adinosaur methane production
- Ba meteor
- Cfires
- Da flood
- Efast food
38Change in the allele frequencies in a population due to genetic drift will happen faster in a __________ population, like in a population that have recently experienced a population ___________.
- Alarge/expansion
- Blarge/bottleneck
- Clarge/migration
- Dsmall/migration
- Esmall/bottleneck
39The species concept we will be using in this class is broadly defined as groups of individuals ____________.
- Awhere offspring resemble parents
- Bthat interbreed
- Cthat share a common ancestor
- Dthat are genetically identical
- Ethat are morphologically identical
40An example of a possible historical mechanism for a biogeographic pattern would be ______________.
- Aa palm tree's range covers a large tropical swamp and ends at a desert
- Ba palm tree's range covers half of a large tropical swamp
- Ca palm tree disperses to a new island when a bird excretes a date pit
- Da palm tree disperses to a new island when a hurricane carries a coconut to the island
- Ea palm tree appears on an island due to spontaneous generation
41What is an example of natural selection?
- AHalf of a flock of birds flying across the US are sucked into the left engine of Richards Branson's jet, there was no pattern to the way the birds were arranged in the flock.
- BA group of turtles were crossing I-81 in Virginia and Bernie Madoff's prison bus passed over them. Luckily, the turtles survived by being in-between the wheels on the bus. Unfortunately, a flock of turtle eating crows descended on the group and picked off the fastest and the slowest turtles before the turtles could form a defensive ring. Only the average speed turtles survived.
- CA colony of shrews living in the Nashville Parthenon Park lost a quarter of their population as people gathered to hear Nickleback play. The dead were crushed by random cave-ins of their burrows.
- DAll the chickens near Washington DC were roasted in preparation for the BBQ reception after Malala Yousafzai's speech. People declared the largest BBQ'd chickens to be much better than the small chickens, so the catering restaurant tried to find more large chickens.
- ENone of these.
42Which of the answers are an example of stabilizing selection?
- AHalf of a flock of birds flying across the US are sucked into the left engine of Richards Branson's jet, there was no pattern to the way the birds were arranged in the flock.
- BA group of turtles were crossing I-81 in Virginia and Bernie Madoff's prison bus passed over them. Luckily, the turtles survived by being in-between the wheels on the bus. Unfortunately, a flock of turtle eating crows descended on the group and picked off the fastest and the slowest turtles before the turtles could form a defensive ring. Only the average speed turtles survived.
- CA colony of shrews living in the Nashville Parthenon Park lost a quarter of their population as people gathered to hear Nickleback play. The dead were crushed by random cave-ins of their burrows.
- DAll the chickens near Washington DC were roasted in preparation for the BBQ reception after Malala Yousafzai's speech. People declared the largest BBQ'd chickens to be much better than the small chickens, so the catering restaurant tried to find more large chickens.
- ENone of these
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