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College Evolution
Which of the following did not believe that species change over time?
  1. Lamarck
  2. Linnaeus
  3. Cuvier
  4. Aristotle
  5. Both A&B
  6. Both B&D
College Evolution
Which of the following traits are NOT use when constructing phylogenies?
  1. Fossils
  2. Morphological
  3. Derived
  4. Behavorial
  5. Parental
College Evolution
An outgroup is a species that                                                                    .
  1. has very recently evolved from a group of older species
  2. is of unknown evolutionary relatedness to those being studied
  3. is related to the group being studied, but in a more distant matter
  4. is as distantly related as possible to those being studied
College Evolution
Which organism has an amino acid sequence that is least like that of a humans?
  1. Rhesus monkey
  2. Frog
  3. Lamprey
  4. Chicken
  5. Mouse
College Evolution
Many generations ago, a new formed river divided a large population of ground squirrels into two populations, one on each side of the river. Despite the geographic separation, individuals from the two populations have remained extremely similar to each other in all respects. Which one the the possibilities listed below does NOT agree with this observed similarity?
  1. The squirrels are often observed swimming across the river
  2. After the river formed, each population was initially composed of only a few individuals
  3. The environmental conditions on each side of the river are very similar
  4. Laboratory studies demonstrate that individuals from the two populations readily mate with each other and produce fertile, viable offspring.
College Evolution
Describe the observations on which Darwin based his theory of natural selection.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. All species produce more offspring than are needed to maintain their populations and not all of the offspring survive. 2. In any species, there are differences between individuals that are passed from generation to generation 3. Some of the individuals in a population have more offspring than others                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
College Evolution
According to some theories, anerobic preeukaryotic cell met with aerobic bacterium to form mitochondria that is today.
  1. False, the bacteria cannot be aerobic.
  2. True
  3. False, Pre-eukaryotic cell cannot be anerobic
  4. None of the above
College Evolution
In a comparison of birds and mammals, having four limbs is                                                         .
  1. a shared ancestral character
  2. a shared derived character
  3. a character useful for distinguishing birds from mammals
  4. an example of analogy rather than homology
  5. a homoplastic character
College Evolution
Which of the following is an advantage associated with the development of color vision in primate?
  1. the ability to avoid predators in the dark
  2. the capacity to discriminate ripe from unripe fruit
  3. the capacity to communicate using verbal signs
  4. the ability to freely move in the forest at night
  5. all of the above are correct
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