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| Changes in organisms ove a long period of time, including speciation is known as? |
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| A chance event alters the allele frequency of a small population is called? |
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| Direct evidence for macroevolution is found in? |
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| The males of two species of birds use different mating dances to attract their mates. This is an example of (blank) isolation. |
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| What is the source of variation within a population? |
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Which of the following is NOT true of evolution?
It is a change in the number of hetrozygotes and homozygotes in a population.
It occurs within a single generation.
It is caused by natural selection.
It is a change in a species over time.
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| It occurs within a single generation. |
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| Why are guppies in low predation pools more brightly spotted than guppies in high predation pools? |
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| Brights spots are selected against (harmful) in the high predation pools. |
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| In terms of natural what characterist is most important? |
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| The wolf, domesticated dog, and red fox are all in the same family, Canidae. The scientific name for the wolf is Canis lupus, the domestic dog is Canis familiaris and the red fox is Vulpes vulpes. This means that ----- |
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| The red fox is in the same family, but different genes that dogs and wolves. |
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| The genus of the organism Hemerocallis fulva is? |
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| Organisms that are members of the same order must also be members of the same (blank). |
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| While conducting research in the rain forest you collect a number of beetles. Several of them have similiar morpologies (structure) but different coloring. How would you determine if they are members of the same species? |
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| Determine if they interbreed and produce fertile offspring. |
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| Which of the following domains is thought to have evolved first? |
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| The first self-replicating biological molecule is thought to have been ---- |
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Which of the following are prokaryotic domains?
Bacteria
Archaea
Fungi
Plants
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Which of the following is a typical bacterial shape?
Coccus - Sphere
Bacillus - Rod
Spiral
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| A population consists of one type or species of organism. What has to happen for speciation to occur within that population? |
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| Population must be divided into two groups which are reproductively isolated from each other. |
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Which of the following provides evidence for the theory of evolution?
Fossil record
Comparative anataomy
Molecular biology
Biogeography
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A species of wild flower has a range of pink blossoms, from light to medium to dark pink. It's pollinator is mainly attracted to the medium pink blossoms. What type of natural selection will occur to the population of wild flowers over generations?
Directional selection
Disruptive selection
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| What is the Biogenesis Paradox? |
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| Life had to start from non-life |
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| When did prokaryotes first evolve? |
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| A species of fruit fly is carried from China to a pacific island. Over many generations the island fruit fly evolves into a different species from the Chinese fruit fly. This is an example of (blank) |
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| To which class do humans belong? |
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| What caused the radiation of many new mammal species in the Tertiary Period? |
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| Before Darwin proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection. Lamarck propsed evolution by (blank) |
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| Inheritance of acquired traits |
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