Evolution Questions

1-All of the following would be true of a population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

EXCEPT :

(A) There is no migration of individuals either into or out of the population

(B) The population if not influenced by selective process
(C) Mating occurs randomly within the population
(D) There is no change in rate of mutation
(E) The population is relatively small

2-Darwins ideas concerning natural selection were based on all of the following facts and
observations EXCEPT :

(A) Parents pass their successful traits on to their offspring

(B) Population members exhibit variations in many traits
(C) All living organisms use the same genetic code
(D) Environmental pressures can select various traits based on survivability
(E) Populations that adapt to environmental conditions produce many offspring

3-Convergent evolution results when two or more species

(A) Become dissimilar fter reproductive isolation

(B) Continue to resemble each other through time
(C) Come to resemble each other even though they are phylogenetically dissimilar
(D) Exert a strong selective pressure in each other over time
(E) Are subjected to disruptive selection

4-Which of the following species would be able to adapt most readily if its
environment changed drastically ?

(A) A species living only in ocean

(B) A species highly specialized for a certain ecological niche
(C) A species exhibiting great genetic variation
(D) A species living only in desert
(E) A species exhibiting a restricted diet

5- The ability of an organism to survive in its environment and to produce viable

offspring is best described as which f the following ?

(A) Diversity
(B) Niche
(C) Phenotype
(D) Fitness

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 (E) Homeostasis

6-Which of the following is an example of microevolution ?

(A) Development of larger leaves in plants transplanted from sun to shade

(B) Increase of antibiotic resistance in a strain of bacteria
(C) Change in skin color after exposure to sunlight
(D) Movement of bacteria toward nutrients
(E) Metamorphosis of features

7-Which of the following is a key point in Charles Darwins theory of evolution ?

(A) Biological structures most likely inherited are those that have become better
suited to the environment by their constatnt use
(B) Mutations that occur are those that will help future generations fit into their
environment
(C) Slight variations among individuals significantly affect the chance that a given
individual will survive in its environment and be able to reproduce
(D) Genes change in order to help organisms cope with problems encountered
within their environments
(E) Extinction is natures way to weed out undeserving organisms

8- According to Hardy-weinbergprinciple , Which of the following would hep to

maintain gene frequencies in a large population over time ?

(A) Natural selection

(B) Mutation
(C) Genetic drift
(D) Founder effect
(E) Random mating

9-All of the following provide evidence of the evolutionary relationship between

two organisms except :

(A) The fossil record

(B) Radioactive carbon dating
(C) Comparative anatomy
(D) Nucleotide sequences
(E) Amino acid sequences

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10.Which of the following factors is least likely to change the frequency of alleles in a
population ?

(A) Random mating

(B) Mutation
(C) Migration
(D) Disease
(E) Natural selection

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