Evolution Test Form B Multiple Choice: 1. Change in a population over a period of time is known as a, biogenesis c. evolution b. extinction . periodic catastrophe 2 In the study of bacteria that cause tuberculosis, scientists have learned that, a. the bacteria have become more sensitive to antibiotics due to evolution b. patients are allergic to antibiotic treatment. «. the bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics due to natural selection. 4d. patients frequently die from the antibiotic treatment. 3. Which is not part of the theory of natural selection? a. variation within populations __c. populations grow exponentially ‘b. many die, few survive d. favorable variations 4, Whenever two populations try to occupy the same niche, a. they work together ¢. natural selection does not take place . the gene pool shrinks . competition arises 5. Scientists who study life through the fossil record are called a. paleontologists ¢. molecular biologists b. zoologists d. geneticists 6, Evolution that produces similar characteristics in unrelated species is a. adaptive B.convergent —_c. divergent 4. restrictive 7. Duting Darwin's visit to the Galapagos Islands, what did he observe about finches? a. Bach different group of finches had its own niche. b. There were no differences between groups of finches. c. Different groups of finches had the same niche. d. The species resulted from coevolution. 8. What is the combined genetic makeup of all members of a population? a. divergent evolution ¢. gene frequency b. stabilizing selection . gene pool9. Species may have changed over time, and the genes that determine those species a. are less complex. 'b, are not important in their evolution. c. have not changed. d. have changed as well. 10, The theory that evolution results from rapid genetic changes in a population is a. punctuated equilibrium divergent evolution b. gradualism d. genetic equilibrium 11. The final step of speciation is a. reproductive isolation. ©. geographic isolation. b.divergence. . subspeciation. 12. Fossils have been found that provide a link in the evolution of whales from. a. two legged mammals. ©. four-legged animals. b. legless amphibians. d. flightless birds. 13. When environmental conditions favor individuals at one extreme of the normal distribution, a. distribution of characteristics does not change b. there is no selection «. directional selection takes place . stabilizing selection takes place 14. Genetic drift is the random change in a. paired mating . stabilizing selection b. migration d. allele frequency 15, Which term describes structures similar in purpose but not inherited from common ancestors? a.homologous _b. analogous c. vestigia d. embryonic 16. According to the principle of use and disuse, most-used body structures aareinherited b.wasteaway c. becomedamaged _d. develop17, The evolution of beak sizes in Galapagos finches is a response to a. how finches use their beaks. b. the types of seeds available. c. whether the populations interbreed. d. the nutritional content of the seeds. 18. According to Darwin, evolution occurs, a. in response to use or diuse of a characteristic. b. by punctuated equilibrium. ¢ by natural selection. d. within an individual's lifetime. 19. Stable allele frequencies in a population that is not evolving is called a. genetic equilibrium c. convergent evolution b. significant mutation d. genetic drift 20, Natural selection causes a. changes in the environment. b. plants and animals to produce more offspring than can survive. ¢. changes in the frequency of certain alleles in a population. d. All of the above. 21. The fossil record seems to provide evidence for a, intermediate forms. ¢. natural selection. ‘b, punctuated equilibrium. d. All of the above. 22. The human arm, the whale fin, and the bat wing are traits that may have evolved from a common ancestor. They are a. divergent traits cc. homologous structures b. vestigial structures d, analogous structures 23, The theory of evolution predicts that a. closely related species will show similarities in nucleotide sequences . if secies have chaged over time, their genes should have changed. c. closely related species will show similarities in amino acid 4d, All of the above. 24, The evolution of one or more species from a single ancestor species is a. convergent evolution ¢. coevolution b. natural selection d. speciation