Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Questions

. The stretch of coastline in Dorset, UK, where Mary Anning famously found many fossils, is known as…

the Triassic coast.

the fossil coast.

the Cretaceous coast.

the Jurassic coast.

. The organisms that became fossils are…

animals.

bacteria.

plants.

all of the options given are correct.

. Professor Derek Briggs is a world-renowned…

anatomist.

biochemist.

geneticist.

palaeontologist.

. Coloured feathers in dinosaurs are an adaptation that primarily promotes…

communication.

flight.

predation.

thermoregulation.

. Which vertebrate group has a two chambered heart?

Birds

Crocodiles

Fish

Mammals

. The molecular clock assumes that…

DNA is found inside the nuclei of cells.

mutations occur at a constant rate.

natural selection occurs at a constant rate.

organisms respire at a constant rate.

. Mammals and Plants belong to the domain of the…

Archaea.

Bacteria.

Eucarya.

Euryarchaeota.

. The migration of Monarch butterflies depends upon…

Mexican tourists.

milkweed plants.

moonlight.

predatory birds.

. Conserved DNA…

is evolving.

is the same in different organisms.

is useful as a molecular clock.

has a high mutation rate.

. Flowering plants first evolved at the same time as the…

Archaea.

ferns.

fungi.

insects.

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