Chapter 3 Practice Quiz

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. Drawing on the work of Thomas Malthus, Darwin theorized that the population of a species was limited in size by ________.

heredity correct incorrect

superior fitness correct incorrect

transformational evolution correct incorrect

available resources correct incorrect

none of the above correct incorrect

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. Lamarckian evolution has also been called ________.

adaptation evolution correct incorrect

natural selection correct incorrect

transformational evolution correct incorrect

variational evolution correct incorrect

a dark force of evil correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is false about Charles Darwin's development of the theory of evolution by natural selection?

He relied on experimentation, observation, and demonstration correct incorrect

He took extensive notes on his Beagle voyage correct incorrect

He spent years looking at barnacles correct incorrect

He corresponded with Alfred Russel Wallace correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The __________ asserts that an individual gets one particle (gene) for each trait from each parent.

principle of independent assortment correct incorrect

principle of hermeneutic disenfranchisement correct incorrect

the theory of natural selection correct incorrect

principle of segregation correct incorrect

the theory of non-selection correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are examples of non-Darwinian evolutionary mechanisms?

Mutation correct incorrect

Gene flow correct incorrect

Founder effect correct incorrect

Genetic drift correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Acclimatization refers to _______.

the independence of organisms and their environments correct incorrect

an analysis of the origin of culture in humans correct incorrect

the way the body functions in response to physical stress correct incorrect

how one becomes used to critical acclaim correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a condition to meet to fulfill Darwinian natural selection?

Variation exists correct incorrect

Variation is heritable correct incorrect

Variation correlates with survival correct incorrect

Variation is not inheritable correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The shaping of a useful feature of an organism by natural selection to perform one function but reshape it by different selection pressures for a new function is called _______.

adaptation correct incorrect

adoption correct incorrect

repurposification correct incorrect

exaptation correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The assertion that nature's overall harmonious integration reflects God's handiwork is known as _______.

uniformitarianism correct incorrect

secularism correct incorrect

catastrophism correct incorrect

evolutionism correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The father of modern biological taxonomy, Karl Linneus, was influenced by which framework of change in his essentialist definition of forms?

Lamarckian Transformation correct incorrect

Great Chain of Being correct incorrect

Darwinian evolution correct incorrect

Exaptation correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Intelligence is solely determined by genetics.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Charles Darwin corresponded with others about his theories.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Lamarckian evolution asserts that all forms stay in a fixed state from most to least advanced.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Pangenesis asserts that physical traits are a blending of traits from each parent.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Meiosis is the way sex cells make copies of themselves.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Gregor Mendel's insights on trait inheritance were immediately adopted by the scientific
community.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. New alleles only occur in the context of natural selection.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Individual organisms do not evolve.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The human genome contains approximately 2 per cent of the entire genome.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Environment has a large impact on phenotype.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect