Question 1

Recessive alleles will be expressed if they are inherited

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A) from either parent. 
B) from neither parent. 
C) from both parents. 
D) along with a dominant allele. 
A) from either parent. 
B) from neither parent. 
C) from both parents. 
D) along with a dominant allele.

Question 2

Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species (1859) was considered an important contribution to modern science because

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A) it coined the concept of evolution. 
B) it synthesized information from diverse scientific fields in order to document evolutionary change. 
C) it was immediately and widely accepted by the scientific community as the mechanism for evolutionary change. 
D) none of the above. 
A) it coined the concept of evolution. 
B) it synthesized information from diverse scientific fields in order to document evolutionary change. 
C) it was immediately and widely accepted by the scientific community as the mechanism for evolutionary change. 
D) none of the above.

Question 3

By the mid-twentieth century, the causes of evolution were seen as all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) natural selection. 
B) macromutation. 
C) gene flow. 
D) genetic drift. 
A) natural selection. 
B) macromutation. 
C) gene flow. 
D) genetic drift.

Question 4

Like most of his contemporaries, Charles Darwin believed

Accepted Answer

A) that physical traits were passed from the father to the offspring. 
B) that physical traits were acquired in an individual's lifetime. 
C) that physical traits were passed down from each parent and then blended together in the offspring. 
D) that physical traits were passed from the mother to the offspring. 
A) that physical traits were passed from the father to the offspring. 
B) that physical traits were acquired in an individual's lifetime. 
C) that physical traits were passed down from each parent and then blended together in the offspring. 
D) that physical traits were passed from the mother to the offspring.

Question 5

Darwin was a crew member on ________ , a ship whose voyage informed his later theory of natural selection.

Accepted Answer

A) the HMS Labrador 
B) the HMS Beagle 
C) the HMS Papillon 
D) the HMS Elizabeth 
A) the HMS Labrador 
B) the HMS Beagle 
C) the HMS Papillon 
D) the HMS Elizabeth

Question 6

The only possible source of new genetic material is

Accepted Answer

A) natural selection. 
B) mutation. 
C) gene flow. 
D) gene drift. 
A) natural selection. 
B) mutation. 
C) gene flow. 
D) gene drift.

Question 7

The Human Genome Project (a massive collaboration to decode and study the human genome) is most likely to contribute to an understanding of which disease?

Accepted Answer

A) cancer 
B) influenza 
C) tuberculosis 
D) smallpox 
A) cancer 
B) influenza 
C) tuberculosis 
D) smallpox

Question 8

Natural selection

Accepted Answer

A) works on preexisting variation in a population. 
B) works on traits acquired through an organism's lifetime. 
C) works only on deleterious traits. 
D) works only on advantageous traits. 
A) works on preexisting variation in a population. 
B) works on traits acquired through an organism's lifetime. 
C) works only on deleterious traits. 
D) works only on advantageous traits.

Question 9

What is the only source of new genetic material?

Accepted Answer

A) genetic drift 
B) gene flow 
C) evolution 
D) mutation 
A) genetic drift 
B) gene flow 
C) evolution 
D) mutation

Question 10

Why is Linnaeus's taxonomic system called a "nested hierarchy"? Considering that Linnaeus was not an evolutionist, why is his system still used today by evolutionary biologists?

Accepted Answer

Linnaeus organized species into ever mor

Question 11

Darwin's theory of evolution drew from all of the following scientific disciplines except

Accepted Answer

A) demography. 
B) geology. 
C) genetics. 
D) systematics. 
A) demography. 
B) geology. 
C) genetics. 
D) systematics.

Question 12

Cuvier's work on fossil elephants in France supported the then controversial notion of

Accepted Answer

A) extinction. 
B) evolution. 
C) natural selection. 
D) genetics. 
A) extinction. 
B) evolution. 
C) natural selection. 
D) genetics.

Recessive alleles will be expressed if they are inherited

Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species (1859) was considered an important contribution to modern science because

By the mid-twentieth century, the causes of evolution were seen as all of the following except

Like most of his contemporaries, Charles Darwin believed

Darwin was a crew member on ________ , a ship whose voyage informed his later theory of natural selection.

The only possible source of new genetic material is

The Human Genome Project (a massive collaboration to decode and study the human genome) is most likely to contribute to an understanding of which disease?

Natural selection

What is the only source of new genetic material?

Why is Linnaeus's taxonomic system called a "nested hierarchy"? Considering that Linnaeus was not an evolutionist, why is his system still used today by evolutionary biologists?

Darwin's theory of evolution drew from all of the following scientific disciplines except

Cuvier's work on fossil elephants in France supported the then controversial notion of

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Exam 2: Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory

Recessive alleles will be expressed if they are inherited

Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species (1859) was considered an important contribution to modern science because

By the mid-twentieth century, the causes of evolution were seen as all of the following except

Like most of his contemporaries, Charles Darwin believed

Darwin was a crew member on ________ , a ship whose voyage informed his later theory of natural selection.

The only possible source of new genetic material is

The Human Genome Project (a massive collaboration to decode and study the human genome) is most likely to contribute to an understanding of which disease?

Natural selection

What is the only source of new genetic material?

Why is Linnaeus's taxonomic system called a "nested hierarchy"? Considering that Linnaeus was not an evolutionist, why is his system still used today by evolutionary biologists?

Darwin's theory of evolution drew from all of the following scientific disciplines except

Cuvier's work on fossil elephants in France supported the then controversial notion of

What Is Physical Anthropology?

Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation

Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics

Biology in the Present: Living People

Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates

Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, and Culture

Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature

Primate Origins and Evolution: the First 50 Million Years

Early Hominid Origins and Evolution: the Roots of Humanity

The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo

The Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People

Our Last 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, and Biology

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