Ani Science Final Test

Front 1

Which of the following statements regarding the origin of life is false?

Back 1

The first gene were made of DNA, not RNA

Front 2

The work of_____finally convinced the scientific world that life did not arise through spontaneous generation?

Back 2

Louis Pasteur

Front 3

Humans are ?

Back 3

Heterotrophs

Front 4

The endosymbiotic theory suggested that the following Eukaryotic structures were derived from Prokaryote living insides early Eukaryote?

Back 4

The mitochondria and chrol....

Front 5

Which scientist play an important role in the history biological?

Back 5

Jean Baptiste

Front 6

Which scientist lead Darwin to his great idea about the cause of evolutionary?

Back 6

Thomas Malthus

Front 7

The number of arms humans have is?

Back 7

Heritable but not variable

Front 8

Natural selection may favor the traits that help organism?

Back 8

All of the above

Front 9

When a donkey mates with a horse a mule is produce but the mule are sterile because?

Back 9

A post-zygotic reproductive barrier

Front 10

The formation of the Isthmus of Panama Canal?

Back 10

Allopatric speciation

Front 11

The evolution of a large number of species, each adapted to a distinct way of life is known as?

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an adaptive radiation

Front 12

In their theory of punctuated equilibrium, S.J. Gould and IV. Eldredge argue that?

Back 12

All of the above

Front 13

Which of the features bellow was the first to appear in hominids?

Back 13

An upright posture

Front 14

Which statement regarding human evolution and our hominid relatives is false?

Back 14

Homo sapiens neaderhalis is close relative of modern human but had a MUCH smaller brain.

Front 15

Two species of frogs do not interbreed because one species breed in March and the other in May, this is an example of?

Back 15

prezygotic reproduction barrier

Front 16

If we compare closely related rabbits species in the tropical and arctic environment, we would expect that the tropical species to be ____ in size and to have ____ legs.

Back 16

Smaller,shorter

Front 17

All the following traits of polar bears help them retain heat in a cold environment except?

Back 17

A high surface area to volume ratio

Front 18

A population of bats evolves because organism from a separate bat population move into the population this mechanism of evolution is known is?

Back 18

Migration

Front 19

A population of beetles in which some individuals are blue and some individuals are green involves by CHANCE?

Back 19

Genetic drift

Front 20

A population of beetles in which some individuals are blue and some individuals are green evolves because the ENVIRONMENT?

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Natural selection

Front 21

The cynobacteria were?

Back 21

Responsible for introducing oxygen into Mars

Front 22

All of the following traits are variable in humans except?

Back 22

Number of fingers

Front 23

All the following traits are heritable in humans except?

Back 23

Hair length

Front 24

If natural selection favors the average of body size in a population of mites, you expect to see?

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Stabilizing selection

Front 25

Two species of insects do not interbreed because their sexual organs will not fit together?

Back 25

Prezygotic reproductive barrier

Front 26

Each of the following are adaptation related to acquiring mates except?

Back 26

The erratic flight of the painted lady butterfly

Front 27

If the females of a species of songbird prefer to with more brightly colored males, and you known this trait heritable, you will expect?

Back 27

both A&B

Front 28

Which of the following statements about peppered moths is false?

Back 28

After the passage of pollution control laws, dark moths became more common than light moths in Urban areas.

Front 29

An example of artificial selection is the?

Back 29

Breeding of corn from teosinte

Front 30

Which of the statements regarding biogeography is false?

Back 30

Islands tend to be occupied by many land animals

Front 31

The primary problem with the hypothesis that life on earth originated on mar is?

Back 31

The proposed martian fossils are much smaller than the tiniest bacteria on earth

Front 32

Photosynthesizing plant are?

Back 32

autotrophs

Front 33

Which of the following scientist did not play in the development of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection?

Back 33

Gould

Front 34

If we compare related bear species in tropical and arctic environment, we should expect?

Back 34

The tropical species to have larger ears

Front 35

If natural selection favors a body size smaller than the population average within a group of squirrels, you expect to see?

Back 35

Directional selection

Front 36

Which of the following mechanism of evolution most effectively causes population to become more adapted to their environment?

Back 36

Natural Selection

Front 37

When a lion mates with a tiger, the offsprings (ligers) are sterile?

Back 37

Postzygotic reproductive barrier

Front 38

Which of the following provide evidence for evolution?

Back 38

All of the above