SBL2019 08/12/2019

Basic Performance Eighth grade Total Questions: 10

Most Correct Answers: #7 Least Correct Answers: #4

1.    The Graphic shows of mechanisms that determine an individual’s sex. From the
image, it is possible to infer
A the most variable sex determination group is found in
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Coleoptera

5/24 B Lepidoptera and Mammalia have the same sex

determination mechanism

18/24 C the most variable sex determination group found is

Teleostei

0/24 D in crustaceans, the sex is determined exclusively by

temperature

2.    A scientist is trying to find the animal group with major sexual reproductive
assurance. Since you already know that reproductive assurance is the increased
chance of successful reproduction when potential mates are rare, to choose the
group with the higher reproductive assurance, the scientist needs to
A select the organism with only one type of reproductive
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mechanism

18/24 B select the organism with the major quantity reproductive

mechanisms

0/24 C select the organism which could reproduce sexually

5/24 D select the organism with the highest offspring number

3.    According to the image, the secondary sexual trait present in this species of bird
is
A tail
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0/24 B beak

1/24 C wings

2/24 D nest

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4.    The graphic shows the behavior of a sexual trait, the male mating success
depends on the mean female
mating preference (on the x-axis). According to the graphic, if females prefer
short-tailed males
A the survival of the males will increase as the tail size is
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independent on sexual selection

8/24 B the lifetime fitness of males will increase since short-tailed

birds have a higher survival value

10/24 C the survival of the males will decrease as the tail size is
dependent on sexual selection

5/24 D the lifetime fitness of males will decrease since short-tailed birds have a higher survival
value

5.    Most of the plants have evolved to have dioecious sexual assignments, wherein
one organism can bear the male and female gametes thus, being capable of
fertilizing itself or being fertilized by another plant, the most plausible explanation
for this behavior could be
A plants are highly evolved species and having two sexes eliminates the need for a two
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sexed organism
B plants have multiple sets of chromosomes (3n, 4n, 5n) making impossible to have
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separated gametes.
C plants are immobile organisms which difficulties them to move and fertilize another plant
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D plants lack of sexual organs, therefore don't rely on sex to reproduce themselves
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6.    The image shows a female praying mantis devouring the male during the
mating process, the best explanation for this behavior according to the sexual
selection is
A a trait can evolve by sexual selection if it increases a male’s
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overall fitness, even if it decreases survival.

1/24 B traits with extreme sexual dimorphism tend to be

exaggerated much more often in males than in females.

1/24 C traits with extreme sexual dimorphism tend to be suppressed much more often in males
than in females.

1/24 D a trait can evolve by natural selection if it increases a male’s overall fitness, even if it
decreases survival.

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7.    The example in the image belongs to a bird called kapapo which explain the sex
assignment as an important resource for fitness in some species. In the case of the
kapapo in the image, the species will have higher fitness if the offspring in the
image is
A daughter
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24/24 B son

8.    In most of the animal species, males constantly compete for females in an
attempt to leave offspring, they usually use secondary sex traits to prevent other
males from mating the females, and in some cases, the males even have to fight in
order to have as many chances to reproduce as they can. One valid reason for the
fact that usually, the males have to compete for females is
A The female sex cells are a limited resource that is not always available for reproduction,
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whereas male sex cells are being constantly produced, therefore, as long as the animal
remains alive is an unlimited resource, thus, the ones that have to compete for males are
the females.
B The male sex cells are a limited resource that is not always available for reproduction,
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whereas female sex cells are being constantly produced, therefore, as long as the animal
remains alive is an unlimited resource, thus, the ones that have to compete for females
are the males.
C The female sex cells are a limited resource that is not always available for reproduction,
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whereas male sex cells are being constantly produced, therefore, as long as the animal
remains alive is an unlimited resource, thus, the ones that have to compete for females
are the males
D The female sex cells are a limited resource that is always available for reproduction,
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whereas male sex cells are being constantly produced, therefore, as long as the animal
remains alive is an unlimited resource, thus, the ones that have to compete for females
are the males.

9.    The Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, and their relatives) use yet another way to
determine sex. When a female lays an egg, she can fertilize it with sperm that she
has stored from an earlier mating. All eggs that are fertilized develop into females.
But the female can also lay an unfertilized egg, which will then develop into a male.
According to the fragment, all the males created by the females in Hymenoptera are
A haploid
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B diploid
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C triploid
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D tetraploid
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10.    The image shows two organisms of the same species, it is possible to
differentiate between males and females according to the shape of the beak. The
biological trait that allows separating males from females, in this case, is called
A sexual assignation
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22/24 B sexual dimorphism

1/24 C sexual traits

0/24 D sexual behavior

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