workshop1

Question 1

Evolution is a process that can be observed in ___________, but not in _________.

Select one:

a. Bacteria, vertebrates
b. Populations, individuals
c. Theory, practice
d. Long time periods, our own lifetimes

Answer 1

b. Populations, individuals

Question 2

Alfred Russel Wallace is known as
Select one:
a. the author of Zoonomia, the first book written about evolution
b. the co-founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection
c. the man who proposed the evolution of acquired characteristics
d. someone who challenged Darwin’s ideas due to lack of evidence

Answer 2

b. the co-founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true?

Select one:

a. Humans can get their Vitamin D from eating fish liver.
b. People with dark skin are able to make more vitamin D.
c. Darker skin evolved to protect people from skin cancer.
d. Light skin evolved to protect us from folate deficiency.

Answer 3

a. Humans can get their Vitamin D from eating fish liver.

Question 4

Which of the following about the evolution of bipedalism in humans is true?

Select one:

a. Bipedalism is a trait that is favoured in closed forest environments.
b. Humans started walking on two legs when they diverged from other apes over 5 million years ago.
c. We can determine which species walked upright by the position of the foramen magnum in their skulls.
d. Knuckle walking was common in early humans until 2 million years ago.

Answer 4

c. We can determine which species walked upright by the position of the foramen magnum in their skulls.

Question 5

Folate is an important part of the evolution of human skin colour because

Select one:

a. Folate levels determine the absorption of the essential nutrient Vitamin D.
b. Folate is on the biochemical pathway to melanin which determines skin colour.
c. Folate is a toxic substance that increases the risk of skin cancer.
d. Folate is critical during pregnancy but is destroyed by exposure to UV light.

Answer 5

d. Folate is critical during pregnancy but is destroyed by exposure to UV light.

Question 6

Fitness is a combination of which of the following?

Select one:

a. Speed, endurance and attractiveness to the opposite sex.
b. Genetic and environmental aspects of the phenotype.
c. Survival, mating success and number of offspring per mating
d. Disease resistance, fertility and longevity.

Answer 6

c. Survival, mating success and number of offspring per mating

Question 7

The definition of a species that is isolated from others by reproductive barriers is known as
Select one:
a. the evolutionary species concept
b. the reproductive species concept
c. the biological species concept
d. the isolation species concept

Answer 7

c. the biological species concept

Question 8

Natural selection has some limits, which can include the fact that

Select one:

a. Organisms with short generation times are less responsive to environmental change.
b. Species cannot evolve quickly enough to explain the diversity we see today.
c. It can only select for stronger faster organisms, not for resilience in times of change.
d. There must be genetic variation in a population for natural selection to occur.

Answer 8

d. There must be genetic variation in a population for natural selection to occur.

Question 9

Different groups of primates diverged from the other primate groups at different times in the evolutionary past. Match the group of primates with the approximate date of divergence:

Answer 1:Humans and Chimpanzees

Answer 2:Orangutans

Answer 3:Old world monkeys

Answer 9

Answer 1
6-7 million years ago
Answer 2
12 million years ago
  Answer 3
25-30 million years ago

Question 10

We know that natural selection has occurred when we observe a change in

Select one:

a. Mating behaviours in response to disruption.
b. Allele frequencies over time.
c. Distributions of populations in response to environmental change.
d. An outbreak of disease in a population like the Tasmanian devils.

Answer 10

b. Allele frequencies over time.

Question 11

Homo sapiens are classified in the taxonomic group Hominidae. This taxonomic group also includes the:

Select one:

a. Apes.
b. Old world monkeys.
c. Cats.
d. Bears.

Answer 11

a. Apes.

Question 12

Evolution of skin colour in humans

Select one:

a. can be said to be a delicate balance between opposing selective pressures.
b. is impacted in cultures where skin tanning is a common practice.
c. responded to natural selection due to mortality caused by skin cancer.
d. is a simple case of one gene-one protein, where melanin is the protein of interest.

Answer 12

a. can be said to be a delicate balance between opposing selective pressures.

Question 13

Which of the following is an exception to the pattern of skin colour correlation with UV intensity?
Select one:
a. people who live on top of mountains where UV is stronger have lighter skin than expected.
b. people at the equator who live in dense jungles have darker skin than expected.
c. women who have multiple children and run out of folate have lighter skin than expected.
d. people at higher latitudes whose diets are fish based have darker skin than expected

Answer 13

d. people at higher latitudes whose diets are fish based have darker skin than expected

Question 14

Punctuated equilibrium is
Select one:
a. also known as disruptive selection.
b. evolutionary change that occurs in rapid bursts.
c. an uncommon form of sexual selection.
d. something that Darwin used to explain the evolution of the eye.

Answer 14

b. evolutionary change that occurs in rapid bursts.

Question 15

Hominin evolution refers specifically to
Select one:
a. the divergence of Homo sapiens from other members of our genus.
b. the evolution of the human lineage after separation from the great apes.
c. patterns of evolution within and between members of the family Hominidae.
d. the moment in time when bipedalism separated us from the apes.

Answer 15

b. the evolution of the human lineage after separation from the great apes.