Biology Ch.10

Question 0

Which scientist proposed that is an organism used a structure so much that it grew the trait of that larger structure could be passed to its offspring.
A. Darwin 
B. Lamarck
C. Buffon
D. Lyell

Answer 0

B. Lamarck

Question 1

Which of the following is a for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce and produce fertile offspring?
A.individual
B.population
C.species
D.fossil

Answer 1

C.species

Question 2

The “present is the key to the past” describes the theory of

Answer 2

Uniformitarianism

Question 3

Which of the following is a fossil?
A. A plant that has recently died
B. A group of similar organisms that can reproduce
C. A structure or organ that no longer functions
D. A trace of an organism that existed in the past

Answer 3

D. A trace of an organism that existed in the past

Question 4

The theory that landforms on earth surface such as mountains waterfalls and canyons were created as the result of sudden spectacular events is Cold the theory of

Answer 4

Catastrophism

Question 5

The difference in the physical traits of an individual for those of other individuals in the group is called a

Answer 5

Variation

Question 6

Overtime adaptions can lead populations to experience

Answer 6

Genetic changes

Question 7

What did Charles Darwin observed in Finch populations on the Galapagos islands off the coast of South America?

Answer 7

Different species on different islands

Question 8

What did Charles Darwin learn from the fossils of a giant armadillo that he had found in Argentina?

Answer 8

Modern animals may be related to fossilized organisms

Question 9

Fossils of marine organisms high in the Andes Mountains led Darwin to conclude that

Answer 9

Great change can happen over time

Question 10

The development by scientist of a new color in a Rose is the result of

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Artificial selection

Question 11

In natural selection the selective agent is the

Answer 11

Environment

Question 12

All the rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of

Answer 12

Population

Question 13

A bird that can easily outcompete other birds for food and that can produce many eggs has a high

Answer 13

Fitness

Question 14

Which of the following describes natural selection?
A. It acts on genetic material directly
B. It acts on existing physical traits
C. It forms new traits
D. It forms new genetic material

Answer 14

B. It acts on existing physical traits

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of a vestigial structure?
A. The wings of Redtailed Hawk's
B. The hindlimbs of a house cat
C. The fins of a shark
D. The wings of an ostrich

Answer 15

D. The wings of an ostrich

Question 16

Distributions of organisms around the world

Answer 16

Biogeography

Question 17

What is suggested by the similarity of early embryos of different species of vertebraes?

Answer 17

Recent common ancestry

Question 18

Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that different functions but similar structures. These are known as

Answer 18

Homologous structures

Question 19

If an organism has a vestigial structure that structure likely once had a function in a

Answer 19

Early ancestor

Question 20

Paleontology is the study of

Answer 20

Fossils

Question 21

Two organisms that are closely related would have

Answer 21

Very similar DNA sequences

Question 22

Gene sequences that no longer function

Answer 22

Pseudogenes

Question 23

Evolution is considered to be one of the most important theories in science because it

Answer 23

Unites the field of biology geology chemistry and ecology

Question 24

Protein sequences in one organism that resemble those of another suggest a

Answer 24

Shared ancestry