Unit 4 Test: Evolution Spring 2013 Part A
- 1.The ancient bipedal hominid called "Taung Child" is a member of which species?
- A.
Australopithecus aferensis
- B.
Australopithecus africanus
- C.
Homo sapiens
- D.
Homo erectus
- 2.The ancient bipedal hominid called "Handy Man" is a member of which species?
- A.
Homo neanderthalensis
- B.
Homo habilis
- C.
Homo sapiens
- D.
Homo erectus
- 3.Modern humans are members of which species?
- A.
Homo neanderthalensis
- B.
Homo habilis
- C.
Homo sapiens
- D.
Homo erectus
- 4.The oldest living primate group are the ___.
- A.
Prosimians
- B.
Old world monkeys
- C.
Hominids
- D.
Gorillas
- 5.What is the only hominid to co-exist with Homo sapiens in Europe?
- A.
Homo erectus
- B.
Homo neanderthalensis
- C.
Homo habilis
- D.
Homo robustus
- 6.Humans are thought to be descendants of ___.
- A.
Homo erectus
- B.
Homo neanderthalensis
- C.
Homo habilis
- D.
Paranthropus boisei
- 7.What two groups are most hominid species classified into?
- A.
Australopithecus and Homo
- B.
Africanus and habilis
- C.
Homo and sapiens
- D.
Australopithecus and Anthropida
- 8.Why is it most common to find only the skull of an ancient hominid?
- A.
They only buried the heads of the dead.
- B.
Scavengers can carry off the smaller bones much more easily.
- C.
Skulls tend to look more like rocks.
- D.
Other hominids cannibalize their dead.
- 9.Scientist often take dirt samples from the area around the fossil find. They do this to ....
- A.
Help determine the relative age of the fossil
- B.
Keep the fossil from rotting
- C.
Provide visual context for where the fossil was found
- D.
Provide a keep-sake of the discovery
- 10.To help unravel the mysteries of human evolution, paleoanthropologists use all of the following except ___.
- A.
Fossilized bones
- B.
Endocasts of the brains
- C.
Molecular clocks
- D.
Written historical records
- 11.Which of the following facts supporting evolution would be found in the study of paleontology?
- A.
Embryos of very different organisms have very similar developmental stages.
- B.
A bats wing and a whales flipper have very similar bone structure.
- C.
Large, flightless birds are found on different continents: Australia (Emu), Africa (Ostrich), and Rhea (South America).
- D.
More primative fossils are found below more complex fossils in the rock layers.
- 12.All of the following branches of science provide evidence for evolution EXCEPT ___.
- A.
Biogeography
- B.
Embriology
- C.
Paleontology
- D.
Oncology
- 13.The wing of an ostrich would be classified as a(n) ___.
- A.
Homologous structure
- B.
Analogous structure
- C.
Vestigial structure
- D.
Fossil structure
- 14.Charles Darwin found fossils that looked like ancient versions of living species. From this evidence Darwin suggested that Earth was
- A.
Only 6000 years old.
- B.
Only 2000 years old.
- C.
Less than 6000 years old.
- D.
Much more than 6000 years old.
- 15.If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)
- A.
Earlier ancestor.
- B.
Close relative.
- C.
Unrelated organism.
- D.
Embryological stage.
- 16.What type of selection occurs when individuals in a population with the intermediate phenotype are selected for?
- A.
Directional selection
- B.
Stabilizing selection
- C.
Intermediate selection
- D.
Disruptive selection
- 17.The combined alleles of all the individuals in a population is called the ___.
- A.
Allele frequency
- B.
Gene pool
- C.
Adaptation
- D.
Phenotype frequency
- 18.
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Which effect of natural selection is depicted in the graph?- A.
Directional selection
- B.
Disruptive selection
- C.
Stabilizing selection
- D.
Sexual selection
- 19.
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Which effect of natural selection is depicted in the graph?- A.
Directional selection
- B.
Disruptive selection
- C.
Stabilizing selection
- D.
Sexual selection
- 20.The movement of alleles from one population to another is called ___.
- A.
The founder effect
- B.
Microevolution
- C.
Genetic drift
- D.
Gene flow
- 21.Which of the following is not a mechanism for evolution?
- A.
Natural selection
- B.
Sexual selection
- C.
Genetic drift
- D.
Random mating
- 22.When a male bird of paradise displays its tail feathers, it is exhibiting ____ behavior.
- A.
Intrasexual selection
- B.
Intersexual selection
- C.
Isolation
- D.
Natural selection
- 23.___ is a type of evolution in which organisms change in response to other organisms with which they have ecological relationships.
- A.
Coevolution
- B.
Convergent evolution
- C.
Divergent evolution
- D.
Deevolution
- 24.A ___ is a group of individuals of the same species in the same geographic area.
- A.
Population
- B.
Species
- C.
Breeding family
- D.
Community
- 25.Bipedalism is an important adaptive advantage for all of the following reasons EXCEPT ___.
- A.
Bipedalism frees the hands to use tools
- B.
Bipedalism frees the hands to carry food
- C.
Bipedalism frees the hands to carry young
- D.
Bipedalism frees the hands to walk faster
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