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SUBJECT: ___________________ TERM: _______________ DATE:_______________

NAME: ______________________________________________ GRADE: ______________

UNDERSTANDING GOAL: STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LIFE

EVOLVES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NATURAL SELECTION BY OBSERVATION OF
DIAGRAMS AND MODELS IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THAT THE KINDS OF LIVING ORGANISMS ON
EARTH HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGH TIME.

READ THIS: All the questions have a value of 3,3 except for 29 which has a value of 4,3. Answer only with a black
pen.

1) Organize the following taxonomic levels

from more inclusive to less inclusive: A) Canis Lupus
B) Canis lupus
Kingdom, Species, Phylum, Domain, Genus, C) Canis lupus
Order, Family, Class D) canis lupus

5) A mountain lion, or puma, has the

scientific name Felis concolor. The term
concolor is the
A) species.
2) Relate each description with the
B) genus.
corresponding kingdom:
C) kingdom.
a. eukaryotic, autotrophs (photosynthetic), cell
D) order.
walls of cellulose, chloroplast presence, primary
producers and source of atmospheric oxygen
6) Canis latrans, Canis lupus, and Canis
b. eukaryotic, heterotrophic, always multicellular,
familiaris are all members of the same
usually with nervous tissues, motile.
c. eukaryotic, heterotrophic, mostly multicellular,
A) genus.
bodies formed by hyphae, cell walls of chitin,
B) species.
decomposers, some members parasitic and
C) family.
others are used for food.
D) family and genus.
d. prokaryotic, varied metabolism, may be
pathogenic, cell wall of peptidoglycan in most,
7) A ____ consists of all of the individuals of
most decomposers, some members are
the same species that inhabit a particular
parasites, some are photosynthetic, and some
place at the same time.
are chemosynthetic autotrophs
e. adapted to live in unusual habitats, including
A) community
the methanogens, halophiles, and extreme
B) ecosystem
thermophiles, cell walls without peptidoglycan,
C) population
live in extreme environments such as salty
D) family
environments, extreme temperatures, and even
.
acidic environments.
8) The human upper arm bone (the humerus)
F. eukaryotic, autotrophic or heterotrophic, many
is structurally similar to the upper wing bone
are unicellular, many are motile, members are
of a bat. The structural similarity is an
part of zooplankton.
example of:
Kingdom Animalia: _____
Kingdom Plantae: _____
A) analogous structures.
Kingdom Bacteria: _____
B) homologous structures
Kingdom Protista: _____
C) adaptation.
Kingdom Archaea: _____
D) mutation
Kingdom Fungi: _____
9) The wings of insects and bats are
3) A group of organisms with similar genetic
________ structures.
information, structure, and behavior that can
mate and produce fertile offspring together
A) analogous structures.
is called a(n)
B) homologous structures
A) gene pool C) adaptation.
D) mutation
B) population
10) The science of reconstructing the
C) species evolutionary history of life is called
D) splinter group
4) Which of the following is the correct way A) biology.
to write the scientific name of the wolf? B) pre-adaptation.
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C) systematics.
D) taxidermy. 14) The traditional class Reptilia is ____
. because it does not include all descendants
11) Relate each of the groups depicted in the of the most recent common ancestor of
following cladograms with their reptiles.
corresponding definition:
A) monophyletic
B) polyphyletic
C) sister taxa
D) paraphyletic

15) The most powerful way to infer

evolutionary relationships relies on which
type of evidence?
Polyphyletic _____ A) Analogous structures
Paraphyletic _____ B) Comparative anatomy
Monophyletic _____ C) Behavioral similarities
D) Comparison of DNA base sequences
12) Based on the evolutionary tree shown
here, which two organisms are most closely 16) A change in the genetic makeup of a
related? population over time is called:

A) artificial selection.
B) natural selection.
C) evolution.
D) uniformitarianism.

17)The theory of natural selection states

that:
A) only the largest and strongest individuals
survive.
B) the most well-adapted individuals in their
environments survive and reproduce,
contributing the most genes to the next
generation.
C) individuals that mutate in response to
changes in their environment will contribute the
most genes to the next generation.
E) all individuals live to reproduce in each
A) Humans and gorillas generation.
B) Humans and orangutans
C) Chimps and bonobos 18) Four of the following ideas are consistent
D) Orangutans and common gibbons with Darwinian evolution. Which one is the
exception?
13) Based on the tree of life, which two
groups have the closest ancestor in A) Individuals that are best adapted to their
common? environment are more likely to survive and
reproduce.
B) Individuals in a population are genetically
variable.
C) A population can produce more offspring than
the environment can support.
D) Traits acquired during an individual's life are
passed on to its offspring.
E) A struggle for existence exists among
individuals of a population.

19) What is an example of a limit on

population growth, and proposed by Darwin
to be a mechanism of evolution by natural
selection?
A) Plants and Archaea A. resistance to infection
B) Archaea and fungi B. predation
C) Protists and fungi C. epidermal coloration
D) Animals and fungi D. spawning of hundreds of eggs
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B) natural selection can occur in guppies within

20) The main difference between a few generations.
macroevolution and microevolution is C) male body weight increased proportionately
(a) the time frame of the evolutionary process. more than female body weight.
(b) the number of species that evolve during D) predation is not a selective force in
each. determining the average size of guppies.
(c) that microevolution is only for small
organisms, and macroevolution is for large 24) A man spends his lifetime perfecting his
organisms. painting skills. He has his daughter paint as
(d) all of the above well. He expects his grandson to be a world-
famous painter. Whose evolution theory is
21) Fish in a local lake have a mixture of this man using?
brown and green scales and are found
throughout the lake. Over a 5-year period, A) Alfred Russell Darwin
the lake develops more green plant growth B) Jean - Baptiste Lamarck
and an exotic predatory frog is introduced. C) Charles Darwin
What change would you expect to see in the D) Alfred Russell Wallace
original fish population?
25) What is the name of the scientific field
A) No visible changes will occur in the fish that examines inheritable traits not caused
population. by changes in the DNA code?
B) The fish with green scales will become more
common. A) genogenetics
C) Brown-scaled fish will become more B) methylation
common. C) evolution
D) The fish will develop to resemble the D) epigenetics
introduced frog.
26) What is the name of the protein that the
22) An antibiotic is given repeatedly to treat a DNA wraps around to form a nucleosome?
recurrent ear infection caused by the
pathogenic bacterium Streptococcus A) histone
pyogenes. It worked initially but now is no B) gene
longer effective. This indicates that the C) chromosome
Streptococcus bacterium D) prodigiosin

A) is very sensitive to the antibiotic. 27) Methylated DNA sequences typically

B) is infectious only if it is sensitive to the contain ____ genes.
antibiotic.
C) experienced natural selection that has A. inactive
allowed the resistant Streptococcus to survive B. constitutive
and multiply. C. active
D) is being treated with an antibiotic that has D. darwinian
experienced a manufacturing error, making it
infective. 28) What is true of an active gene?

23) The results in the accompanying figure A) The DNA is tightly wrapped around the
support the conclusion that: histones.
B) The DNA is loosely wrapped around the
histones.
C) The DNA is tagged with various methyl
groups.
D) The DNA is loosely wrapped around methyl
groups.

A) natural selection does not occur in guppies. 29) Often, the physical characteristics of
genetically identical twins become
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increasingly different as they age, even at populations. Match each factor with the best
the molecular level. BRIEFLY explain why description:
this is so. (use the terms "environment" and Factor Description
"epigenome")
Mutation A) Alleles for fitter
organisms become
more frequent.
Sexual B) New alleles
selection appear due to
mistakes in DNA.
Natural C) Changes in allele
selection frequency due to
random chance.
Genetic drift D) Changes in allele
frequency due to
mixing with new,
genetically different
population
Gene flow E) Alleles for more
sexually attractive
organisms become
more frequent.

30) The following factors account for

changes in the allele frequencies of
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5 /3,3 Audesirk, G., Audesirk, T., & Byers, B. E.

6 /3,3 (2017). Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology.

London: Pearson.

7 /3,3 Monophyletic, Polyphyletic, & Paraphyletc Taxa.

(2012). Retrieved October 2, 2019, from
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