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Individual Assignment: Evolution and the Diversity of Life 986719
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986719 Evolution and the Diversity of Life

1. Organisms that can interbreed and bear fertile offspring are considered to be in the same
A. species.
B. family.
C. class.
D. order.
2. Which of the following is not an example of a service provided by beneficial bacteria?
A. Bioremediation
B. Nutrient cycling
C. Food production
D. Bioaccumulation
3. Which of the following is inaccurate in relation to viruses?
A. They seek a specific host.
B. They have nucleic acid core.
C. They feature a capsid.
D. They reproduce independently.
4. What is the function of a nematocyst?
A. Prey capture
B. Sensory perception
C. Digestion
D. Locomotion
5. Which of the following is an example of a group of prokaryotic organisms?
A. Protists
B. Eukarya
C. Archaea
D. Fungi
6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Arthropods that has attributed to their
diversity and
success?
A. Segmentation
B. Jointed appendages
C. Endoskeleton
D. Highly developed nervous system
7. You have a chart that illustrates a series of species with their common ancestor. This chart is a
A. fossil record.
B. cladogram.
C. five-kingdom system.
D. gene pool.

8. According to the theory of evolution, birds feathers evolved from
A. fish fins.
B. reptile scales.
C. gill slits.
D. gill arches.
9. Which one of the following statements describes a characteristic of amoeboids?
A. They always live in fresh water.
B. They have pseudopods.
C. They never have a shell.
D. Theyre animals.
10. _______ is/are the raw material of evolutionary change.
A. Genetic drift
B. Nonrandom mating
C. Assortative mating
D. Mutations
11. Annelids are to lophotrochozoans as _______ are to ecdysozoans.
A. flatworms
B. molluscs
C. roundworms
D. cephalopods
12. Which of the following is not a form of genetic recombination in bacteria?
A. Transduction
B. Transformation
C. Binary fission
D. Conjugation
13. Allen and Rose are discussing saprotrophs. Allen says saprotrophic fungi decompose the
remains of
animals and plants. Rose says saprotrophic fungi remove excess lignin from paper pulp. Who is
correct?
A. Only Allen is correct.
B. Both Allen and Rose are correct.
C. Neither is correct.
D. Only Rose is correct.
14. Which of the following structures develops into a pollen grain?
A. Microspore
B. Anther

C. Archegonium
D. Megaspore
15. Both insects and roundworms exhibit ______, whereas sponges, snails, and leeches do not.
A. sensory perception
B. sexual reproduction
C. calcium carbonate shells
D. molting during growth
16. In evolution, the study of vertebrate forelimbs is related to _______ evidence.
A. anatomical
B. biogeographical
C. biochemical
D. fossil
17. Which one of the following statements presents a condition of the Hardy-Weinberg
principle?
A. Gene flow is present.
B. Mutations are present.
C. Genetic drift occurs.
D. Random mating occurs.
18. Darwin argued that the beak size and shape of Galapagos finch species was related to their
A. time of reproduction.
B. food source.
C. body size.
D. flight pattern.
19. If female deer mate with male deer that have the largest antlers, we are witnessing _______
selection.
A. stabilizing
B. disruptive
C. sexual
D. random
20. During the life cycle of a plant, gametophyte is to n as sporophyte is to
A. n2.
B. 2n.
C. 2n2.
D. n 2