Evolution and Biodiversity
Review
How long did it take for the first
cells to form via chemical
evolution?
A. 3 billion
B. 2.5 Billion
C. 2 Billion
D. 1.5 Billion
E. 1 Billion
On the 24-hour clock for Earth’s
History how long have humans
been around?
A. 12 hours
B. 1 hour
C. 30 minutes
D. 1 minute
E. 17 seconds
A (n) ________ is any heritable
trait that enables an organism to
survive through natural selection
A. adaptive trait
B. gene
C. adaptive radiation
D. Coevolution trait
E. Convergent trait
Which of these is an example of resource
partitioning?
A. song birds living in different parts of a
tree
B. hyenas and lions fighting for a dead
zebra
C. sea otters eating sea urchins and fish
eating sea urchin spines
D. bats and swallows eating moths
E. teenagers eating lunch at In & Out
followed by dessert at Ritas
Which of these is NOT a
part of HIPPO?
A. habitat loss
B. parasites
C. over population
D. invasive species
E. pollution
Primary successions begin
where?
a) Land full of nutrients
b) Aquatic environment
c) Place with succession plant
species
d) Area with no soil or bottom
sediment
e) Soil particles
Which of the following is an
example of a specialist species?
(A) giant panda
(B) human
(C) starling
(D) weed
(E) rat
Which of the following is an
example of genetic variation?
A. Two children have different eye
colors.
B. One person is older than
another.
C. One person has a scar, but her
friend does not.
D. Todd eats meat, but his brother
Rod is a vegetarian.
The ecological niche of a species is best
defined as its
a. habitat
b. habitat plus the most important
physical factors affecting it
c. role in its community
d. mode of reproduction and food
habits
e. behavior in relation to other species
in the community
The process in which two
species arise from one is
called...
a. diversification
b. speciation
c. evolution
d. extinction
e. species isolation
Species that are found in
only one area are called...
a. endangered species
b. threatened species
c. indicator species
d. native species
e. endemic species
When similar species share a
resource by each getting a
different part of it, it's called...
a. resource partitioning
b. interspecific competition
c. resource competition
d. survival of the fittest
e. conflict resolution
Which of the following species
interactions negatively affects at
least one of the organisms
involved?
a. mutualism
b. commensalism
c. symbiosis
d. parasitism
e. mutual dependence
A ________________ is one whose
presence has a dramatic effect on
species diversity.
a. herbivore
b. keystone species
c. producer
d. consumer
e. heterotroph
Organisms that thrive in highly saline,
acidic, or alkaline conditions or other
extreme environments such as the hot
water around hydrothermal vents in
the ocean floor are called _________.
a. prokaryotes
b. eukaryotes
c. extremophiles
d. algae
e. cyanobacteria
Competitive exclusion can be best defined
as
a. when one species outcompetes and
eliminates another
b. the creation of separate ecological niche
by a new species
c. the division of resources
d. when one species shares limiting
resources with another
e. when competition results in the
elimination of a particular limiting
resource
A generalist species is a species
a. with a general mutations
b. with a specific mutations
c. with a broad niche
d. with a specific niche
e. that can do anything
Geographic Isolation occurs when:
a. groups of the same species become
separated from each other.
b. mutational changes are made to some of
a population.
c. all members of a species become extinct
d. unidentified species group into a already
existing population.
e. parts of the population's habitat becomes
destroyed.
As local environmental conditions
change, a certain number of species
disappear at a low rate. This is known
as:
a. endemic extinction
b. background extinction
c. reproductive extinction
d. genetic extinction
e. artificial extinction
Cyanobacteria taken in by
endosymbiosis are now
thought to be..
a) Plankton
b) Nucleus
c) Blood Cells
d) Mitochondria
e) Chloroplasts
Which of the following lists the categories
from most general to most specific?
a) kingdom, phylum, order, class, genus,
family, species
b) species, genus, family, order, class,
phylum, kingdom
c) phylum, species, genus, order, class,
kingdom, family
d) order, family, class, species, phylum,
kingdom, genus
e) kingdom, phylum, class, order, family,
genus, species
Which of the following most likely did
NOT occur during chemical evolution?
a) earth's crust and atmosphere form
b) single celled eukaryotes appear in
the sea
c) large organic molecules
(bipolymers) appear in the sea
d) small organic molecules appear in
the sea
e) the first proto-cells appear in the sea
Which of the following is an
invertebrate?
a) a human
b) a seahorse
c) a frog
d) a starfish
e) a clownfish
What is the type of natural
selection that favors variants of one
extreme?
A. stabilizing
B. directional
C. diversifying
D. mutation
E. speciation
The carrying capacity is _______.
a. the greatest number of niches possible
in a given area
b. always the same for a given habitat
c. the average number of offspring carried
to term by a species
d. the maximum population size that a
given environment can sustain
e. the potential number of species in a
given area
Amphibian species are good
a) Indicators
b) Keystones
c) Invasive
d) Endangered
e) Threatened