Evolution Unit Quiz

Match the following terms

1. Process whereby humans choose traits that they favor in a domestic species by
selective breeding.
2. Pushed Darwin to publish his findings because they had the same idea of evolution by
natural selection.
3. Believed that more organisms are born than can possibly survive.
4. A heritable trait that enhances an individual's fitness in a particular environment.
5. Mutation that drastically alters phenotype; causes death.
6. Degree of adaptation to an environment, as measured by an individual's relative
genetic contribution to future generations.
7. Drastic reduction in a population size as a result of severe selection pressure.
8. Change in allele frequencies in a population due to chance alone
9. Supercontinent that existed before Pangea, more than 500 million years ago.

a.) Genetic Drift

b.) Lethal Mutation

c.) Fitness

d.) Artificial Selection

e.) Bottleneck Effect

f.) Wallace

g.) Gondwana

h.) Adaption

j.) Malthus
 Multiple Choice

1. What are structures/features that are shared by common ancestry?

a.) Vestigial b.) Homologous

c.) Convergent d.) Analogous

2. All of the following are pre-reproductive barriers except _____.

a.) Geographic Isolation b.) Behavioral Barriers

c.) Gametic Barriers d.) Hybrid Breakdown

3. Which is the strongest evidence of evolution?

a.) DNA b.) Fossils

c.) Comparative Anatomy d.) Biogeography

4. Evolution is the gradual change of a/an ______.

a.) Population b.) Ecosystem

c.) Biosphere d.) Community

5. Earth is approximately ___ years old.

a.) 70 Billion b.) 980 Billion

c.) 4.6 Billion d.) 13.6 Billion

6. Which type of structure are insect and bird wings?

a.) Analogous b.) Convergent

c.) Homologous d.) Vestigial

7. Lamarck believed that giraffes obtained their long necks due to:

a.) Mutations in the Gene Pool b.) Natural Selection

c.) Punctuated Equilibrium d.) Stretching it and passing that trait on

8. ______ is inconsistent speciation. (rapid change or none for months).

a.) Gradualism b.) Punctuated Equilibrium

c.) Divergent Evolution d.) Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium

9. Which type of evolution is due to different organisms being placed under similar environmental

pressures and therefore adapting similarly?

a.) Convergent b.) Divergent

c.) Parallel d.) Gradualism

Open Ended Questions

10. What is the equation for Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium?

11. Using the data below, create a cladogram according to their traits.

Seeds Flowers Vascular Tissue

Flowering Plants Yes Yes Yes

Mosses No No No

Cone-Bearing Plants Yes No Yes

Ferns No No Yes

Example: