formative quiz

Question 1

most fossils form

Answer 1

underwater

Question 2

New species may form after an original species separates into two geographically isolated populations. What is this called?

Answer 2

allopatric speciation

Question 3

Principles of uniformitarianism include which of the following?*

Answer 3

geological change is slow and gradual

Question 4

Which of the following statements best describes the theory of punctuated equilibrium?

Answer 4

Evolution is slow, but occurs with periods of rapid change

Question 5

Which human activity is a response to evolutionary change*

Answer 5

the development of flue shots

Question 6

All vertebrate embryos have:*

Answer 6

gill slits

Question 7

Since pseudogenes no longer serve a useful purpose in a species, they can be compared to

Answer 7

vestigial structures

Question 8

The relatively rapid evolution of a single species into a number of distinct but closely related species filling a variety of formerly empty ecological niches is known as:

Answer 8

adaptive radiation

Question 8

Homo sapiens first evolved in Africa and began spreading out from Africa about 50,000 years ago

Answer 8

true

Question 8

How are the populations of native species similar in Hawaii and the Galapagos?*

Answer 8

there are many unique species on both island chains

Question 9

In 1838, the Reverend Thomas Malthus claimed that the size of animal populations is limited by the:*

Answer 9

availability of food

Question 10

Convergent evolution is exhibited most clearly by which of the following animal pairs?

Answer 10

sharks and dolphins

Question 11

Gene duplication

Answer 11

provides a source of new genes