Chapter 4 Multiple Choice Questions

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. The theory of evolution proposed in the 1940s is called…

Minimalism. correct incorrect

Modernism. correct incorrect

the Modern Synthesis. correct incorrect

New Wave. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following scientific disciplines is not represented in the theory of evolution proposed in the 1940s?

Biometry correct incorrect

Ecology correct incorrect

Developmental biology correct incorrect

Genetics correct incorrect

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. The scientist who proposed the theory of acquired characteristics was…

Fisher. correct incorrect

Lamarck. correct incorrect

Mendel. correct incorrect

Weismann. correct incorrect

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. Lysenko was a geneticist who worked in…

England. correct incorrect

Moravia. correct incorrect

Russia. correct incorrect

the United States. correct incorrect

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. Epigenetic modifications to DNA…

alter the expression of genes. correct incorrect

are inherited from parents. correct incorrect

are transmitted to offspring. correct incorrect

change the genetic code. correct incorrect

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. Beavers affect the biodiversity of habitat through…

epigenetics. correct incorrect

niche construction. correct incorrect

natural selection. correct incorrect

symbolic communication. correct incorrect

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. The different types of leaf produced by the water crowfoot plant in different conditions are an example of…

one gene-one protein. correct incorrect

Darwinism. correct incorrect

phenotypic plasticity. correct incorrect

a symbolic system. correct incorrect

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. The males of which species compete for females by fighting with their heads and necks?

Cichlid fish correct incorrect

Giraffes correct incorrect

Monarch butterflies correct incorrect

Theropod dinosaurs correct incorrect

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. Convergent evolution occurs when the same characteristic…

causes independent groups to become extinct. correct incorrect

evolves independently in different groups. correct incorrect

evolves multiple times in related groups. correct incorrect

has identical DNA. correct incorrect

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. Which scientist described natural selection as a 'blind watchmaker'?

Charles Darwin correct incorrect

Richard Dawkins correct incorrect

Stephen Jay Gould correct incorrect

William Paley correct incorrect