Biological Evolution

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    What is evolution?        

    • A. Change over time
    • B. A change of species
    • C. Something that just happens
    • D. None of above
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THE DIFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO FOSSIL,ROCKS ARE GIVEN IN A DIAGRAM STRATURE. THE FOSSIL IS A RELATIVE AGE OF THE VARIOUS FOSSIL IN A SEDIMENTARY ROCK.

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  • 2. 

    What does the fossil record show about the history of species on earth?

    • A. Certain fossils appear only in older rocks

    • B. It shows animals that have been extinct

    • C. The structure of the organisms

    • D. None of above

    Correct Answer
    A. B. It shows animals that have been extinct
  • 3. 

    The information about past life is called what.

    • A. Relative frequency

    • B. Fossil record

    • C. A and B

    • C. Genetic equilibrium

    • D. NONE OF ABOVE

    Correct Answer
    A. B. Fossil record
  • 4. 

    What is definition of fossil?

    • A. Bones of animals

    • B. The remains of species that have past away.

    • C. A and B

    • D NONE OF ABOVE

    Correct Answer
    A. B. The remains of species that have past away.
  • 5. 

    2 What scientific explanation can account for the diversity of life?

    • A. An explanation on of phenomena that have occurred

    • B. A collection of scientific facts on observations and hypothesis

    • C. A huge body of evidence

    • D. None of above

    • ALL OF ABOVE

    Correct Answer
    A. B. A collection of scientific facts on observations and hypothesis
  • 6. 

    1.     What is endosymbiotic theory?

    • A. Eukaryotic formed from a symbiosis among several different prokaryotic organisms.

    • B. Relationship in which two species live closely together.

    • C. Single-celled prokaryotic organisms that resemble modern bacteria.

    • D None of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. A. Eukaryotic formed from a symbiosis among several different prokaryotic organisms.
  • 7. 

    What are the names of scientists who study fossils?

    • A. Archeologists

    • B. Paleontologists

    • C. Geologists

    • D. All of above

    Correct Answer
    A. B. Paleontologists
  • 8. 

    1.     What is the homologous body structure?  

    • A. The structure of the Greek word of “homos” meaning “same,” and legein, meaning, “say

    • B. The structures of different mature forms but develop from the same embryonic tissues.

    • Structures of bones all develop from the same clumps of cells in growing embryos.

    • D. All of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. B. The structures of different mature forms but develop from the same embryonic tissues.
  • 9. 

    1.     Who proposed that by selective use or disuse of organs, organisms acquired or lost certain traits during their lifetime?

    • A. Charles Darwin

    • B. Alfred Wallace

    • C. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

    • D. Charles Lyell

    Correct Answer
    A. C. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
  • 10. 

    How do fossil forms?

    • A. In change over time

    • B. In sedimentary rocks

    • C. Preserved under remains

    • D. ALL OF ABOVE

    Correct Answer
    A. B. In sedimentary rocks
  • 11. 

    1.     The result in changes in the inherited characteristics of population?

    • A. Adaptation

    • B. Natural selection

    • C. Artificial selection

    • D. All of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. A. Adaptation
  • 12. 

    1.     Is homologous structure type of evidence for the evolution of living things?

    • Yes

    • NO

    Correct Answer
    A. NO

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