Evolution Quiz

Evolution can best be described as

• The change in size of body structures through use and disuse

• The formation of fossils

• A process of growth in an organism

• A process of change through time

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The diagram below illustrates a proposed evolutionary path of certain organisms, based on the theory of evolution.

Which statement could best be inferred from the information in this diagram?

• Evolution does not involve gradual change

• Evolutionary changes can result in extinction

• Evolution begins with plants

• Evolution produces organisms that all fill the same niche

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The evolution of new insect populations that are resistant to chemical insecticides illustrates

• Biological control

• Use and disuse

• Natural Selection

• Low survival value

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Which statement illustrates a biotic resource interacting with an abiotic resource?

• A rock moves during an earthquake

• A sea turtle transports a pilot fish to food

• A plant absorbs sunlight, which is used for photosynthesis

• Wind causes waves to form on a lake

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What is one irreversible effect of both deforestation and water pollution on the environment?

• Extinction of species

• Thinning of the ozone shield

• Depletion of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels

• Increase in renewable resources

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Human impact on the environment is often more dramatic than the impact of most other living things because humans have a greater:

• Need for water

• Need for food

• Ability to adapt to change

• Ability to alter the environment

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Base your answer to question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of biology.

Letters A through L represent different species of organisms. The arrows represent long periods of geologic time.

1. Which two species are the most closely related?

• J and L

• G and L

• F and H

• F and G

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Base your answer to question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of biology.

Letters A through L represent different species of organisms. The arrows represent long periods of geologic time.

3. Which two species would most likely show the greatest similarity of DNA and proteins?

• B and J

• G and I

• J and K

• F and L

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Base your answer to question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of biology.

Letters A through L represent different species of organisms. The arrows represent long periods of geologic time.

2. Which species was best adapted to changes that occurred in its environment over the longest period of time?

• A

• B

• C

• J

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Which statement provides evidence that evolution is still occurring at the present time?

• The extinction rate of species has decreased in the last 50 years

• Many bird species and some butterfly species make annual migrations

• New varieties of plant species appear more frequently in regions undergoing climatic change

• Through cloning, the genetic makeup of organisms can be predicted

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