Student’s Name: __________________________________________________ Grade Level:

Subject: General Biology 2 Date:

Teacher: 1st Assessment Examination
Test I. Define or discussed the following terms in two or three sentences.
1. Genetic Engineering

2. Cambrian Explosion

3. Linnaean System of Classification

4. Cladogram

5. Taxonomic System

Test II. True or False. Write true if the statement is true. If it is false, then correct the statement by providing the true
answer.
__________________1. Relative dating does not tell the exact age of a fossils and it is based upon the study of layers of
rocks.
___________________2. Petrification is one of the six ways of fossilization.
___________________3. Catastrophism was a theory developed by Carolus Linnaeus.
___________________4. Artificial Selection is an evolution theory developed by Charles Darwin.
___________________5. A phylogeny is a hypothetical relationship between groups of organisms being compared.
___________________6. Homologies can be revealed by comparing the anatomies of different living things.
___________________7. Phylum is the highest taxon in Linnaean taxonomy, representing major divisions of organisms.
___________________8. Lamarck was one of the first scientists to propose that species evolve by natural selection.
___________________9. Domain is a higher category proposed by Carl Woese.
___________________10. Mammalia is an example of Genus classification.

Test III. Enumeration

A. Give at least 3 techniques or methods in modification of traits in Genetic Engineering.
B. The five conditions that must be met for genetic equilibrium to occur.
C. Write in order, the hierarchy classification used in taxonomic system by Carolus Linnaeus.
D. List five evidences of Evolution.