Quiz about Evolution Review

Question 1

A person with swollen gums rinses his mouth with warm salt water, and the swelling decreases. Which has occurred?

Accepted Answer

The water in the gums has moved from a high to a low concentration of water

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The swollen gums have absorbed the saltwater solution

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The saltwater solution lowers the temperature in the gums

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The salt in the solution has moved against the concentration gradient

Question 2

What type of mutation does NOT change the amino acids or proteins?

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silent

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missense

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nonsense

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insertion

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deletion

Question 3

Organisms that survive and produce offspring are biologically ______.

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Fit

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Evolving

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Happy

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Confused

Question 4

What adaptation helped the peppered moths survive?

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Camouflage

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Hibernation

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Speed

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Stealth

Question 5

Lions that can run faster catch more food and produce more offspring. What is this an example of?

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natural selection

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extinction

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competition

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argiculture

Question 6

What causes new traits to appear in a population?

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Random mutations

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Natural selection

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Evolution

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Need of the organism

Question 7

What process makes proteins?

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Translation

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Transcription

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Osmosis

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DNA replication

Question 8

What is the building block of proteins?

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amino acids

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nucleotides

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fatty acids

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monosaccharides

Question 9

What is the building block of DNA?

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nucleotides

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amino acids

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fatty acids

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monosaccharides

Question 10

Ducks lay different number of eggs. If they lay too many eggs, the mother can't take care of all the ducklings. What will happen to the number of eggs laid by ducks over time?

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They will lay an average number that is not too high, and not to low

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They will only lay one egg at a time

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They will stop laying eggs and give birth to live young

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They will lay more eggs over time

Question 11

If a strand of DNA is 23% guanine, what percent will be cytosine?

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23%

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27%

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32%

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17%

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50%

Question 12

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

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increase in number

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become extinct

Question 13

The Grass is the

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Producer

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primary consumer

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secondary consumer

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tertiary consumer

Question 14

The grasshopper is the

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primary consumer

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Producer

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secondary consumer

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tertiary consumer

Question 15

a deer population has significantly increased, the best hypothesis is

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the deer's main predator has been eliminated

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competition increased

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decreased water levels of local ponds

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organisms that rely on similar food sources migrated to the area

Question 16

Which event is the best example of competition between species in a pond?

Accepted Answer

frogs and toads eating flies

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dragonflies landing on lily pads

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lizards and snakes lying in the sun

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hawks eating mice

Question 17

Biodiversity is

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the variety of species within an ecosystem

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a large number of the same species in an ecosystem

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an abundant amount of the same primary consumers

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the ability to have an abundant source from the same species

Question 18

__________ is an organism that only eats plants for energy.

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Herbivore

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Carnivore

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Omnivore

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Terivore

Question 19

__________ is an organism that only eats meat for energy.

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Carnivore

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Omnivore

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Borivore

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Herbivore

Question 20

__________ is an organism that eats BOTH plants and animals for energy.

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Omnivore

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Darnivore

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Carnivore

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Herbiovre

Question 21

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

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There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

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There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

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There would be a decrease in the mice population.

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There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

Question 22

A food chain shows the transfer of ___ from one organism to another.

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energy

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matter

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consumers

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habitat

Question 23

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

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Decomposers

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Producers

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Consumers

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Organisms

Question 24

Which statement supports the theory of natural selection

Accepted Answer

Over time advantageous traits will be found in more of the population.

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All organisms produce more offspring than can survive.

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Organisms live in harmony with one another despite limited resources.

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Organisms with favorable traits are more likely to die.

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