Ant 251 Test 1
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- 1.Pedigree analysis of European royalty allowed us to understand the inheritance of...
- A.
Sex linked traits
- B.
Blood types
- C.
Recessive genes
- D.
Inbreeding
- 2.Genes independently assort when they are.
- A.
Dominant
- B.
Recessive
- C.
On different chromosomes
- D.
Redundant
- 3.When there are species which exist from the poles to the equator, their size ______ as animals near the equator.
- A.
Increases
- B.
Decreases
- C.
Stays the same
- 4.Since there are _____ amino acids and _____ codons, the genetic code must be redundant or degenerative.
- A.
62, 20
- B.
2123/3143
- C.
20. 64
- D.
55, 16
- 5.Seals and Sea Lions are...
- A.
Close relatives
- B.
Distant relatives adapted to a similar environment
- C.
Examples of ancestor and descendants
- D.
Close relatives of primates
- 6.Pedigree analysis of European royalty allowed us to understand the inheritance of
- A.
Sickle cell anemia
- B.
Christmas disease
- C.
Malaria
- D.
Lordosis
- 7.The ancient, giant super continent containing all of the land mass comprising today's seven continents was called...
- A.
Pangea
- B.
Laurasia
- C.
Gondwana
- 8.The probability of having grandchildren is called....
- A.
Hardy-Weinburg equilibrium
- B.
Heterozygous advantage
- C.
Anagenesis
- D.
Fitness
- 9.When two species adapt similarly to a new environment even though they are not closely related (have a recent common ancestor) we call these adaptations ________ or ________ depending on how distantly related the species are.
- A.
Convergence and parallelism
- B.
Anagenesis and cladogenesis
- C.
Sympatric and allopatric
- 10.Darwin and Wallace's contribution to the study of evolution is....
- A.
Use of fossils
- B.
Natural selection
- C.
Use and disuse
- D.
Paleomagnetism
- 11.Darwin got his idea from the economist
- A.
Malthus
- B.
Hutton
- C.
Aristotle
- D.
Linneas
- 12.An animal has an activity patter which cant be described as diurnal or nocturnal; it's
- A.
Cathemeral
- B.
Crepuscular
- 13.Charles Lyle gave us the concept of ____________.
- A.
Superposition
- B.
Horizontality
- C.
Deep Time
- D.
Catastrophism
- 14.Several species evolving from a single ancestral species ....
- A.
Anagenesis
- B.
Cladogenesis
- C.
Mass extinction
- D.
All of these
- 15.Define crepiscular....
- A.
Active at dusk and dawn
- B.
Not nocturnal or diurnal
- C.
Two species living in the same place
- 16.Competition is greater at the equator because
- A.
There is less food there
- B.
Species found there are more active than those close to the poles
- C.
There are fewer extremes of temperatures than elsewhere
- D.
All of the above
- 17.What happens if there is a mutation in the third nucleotide of the codon AUG?
- A.
A silent mutation
- B.
A different amino acid appears in the resulting protein
- C.
No protein is made
- D.
Crossing-over occurs
- 18.In the discussions of Mutiny on the Bounty and Pitcairn Island, the persistence of Fletcher Christian's unusual dentition is an example of...
- A.
Founder effect
- B.
Cladogenesis
- C.
A recessive trait
- D.
Increased fitness
- 19.DNA is found in the _________ of the cell as well as in the ___________.
- A.
Nucleus, ribosome
- B.
Nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum
- C.
Nucleus, mitochondria
- D.
Chromosomes, centromeres
- 20.Which of the following is NOT one of the geological laws which were in place by the time of Charles Lyle?
- A.
Horizontality
- B.
Law of intrusion
- C.
Adaptive Radiation
- D.
Superposition
- 21.Of the three concepts of species, which is the least useful for biologists studying living animals with long generation times?
- A.
Biological
- B.
Ecological
- C.
Behavioral
- 22.When chromosomes cross over so that one gets more material than the other
- A.
The offspring doesn't survive
- B.
There may be duplicated genes on a single chromosome
- C.
Fitness is decreased
- D.
Parallel evolution occurs
- 23.The baboon species of Africa are best described as
- A.
Sympatric
- B.
Allopatric
- C.
Parapatric
- D.
Amphipatri
- 24.Which of the following is the only source of genetically new materials
- A.
Chromosomal rearrangement
- B.
Stochastic event
- C.
Mutation
- D.
Non-darwinian evolution
- 25.Mendel's work should have provided Darwin with the key to understanding
- A.
Fitness
- B.
How variability is maintained in a population
- C.
Why England was depauperate
- D.
Why neutral traits may spread in a population
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