Survival of the Fittest

What type of selection is this?

a.Disruptive

b.Directional

c.Stablilizing

d.Sporatic

This person experimented with heating of chicken broth to disprove spontaneous generation…a. Redi

b. Spallanzani

c. Pasteur

d. Darwin

In order to disprove spontaneous generation this person boiled nutrient broth in a swan neck flask exposed to open air…a.Redi

b.Spallanzani

c.Pasteur

d.Darwin

Which of the following is not a form of prezygotic isolation

a.Temporal isolation

b.Behavioral isolation

c.Hybrid Sterility

d.Gametic Isolation

Artificial selection is a type of…

a.Convergent evolution

b.Divergent evolution

c.Coevolution

d.Endosymbiosis

This hypothesis for species changing over time is known as…a.Gradualism

b.Punctuated Equilibrium

c.Stablilizing selection

d.Diverging selection

Which of the following is not one of the pieces we have of evidence for evolution?

a.Habitat similarities

b.Embryological similarities

c.Vestigial Organs

d.Macromolecule similarities

Who thought that populations evolve through the use and disuse of acquired traits?

a.Darwin

b.Lamarck

c.Malthus

d.Lyell

Environments selecting for similar traits in unrelated organisms is known as… a.Convergent evolution

b.Divergent evolution

c.Coevolution

d.Endosymbiosis

Our natural selection lab was a good example of how predator and prey must evolve over time to survive. This is an example of…

a.Convergent evolution

b.Divergent evolution

c.Coevolution

d.Endosymbiosis

What type of selection is this?

a.Disruptive

b.Directional

c.Stablilizing

d.Sporatic

Who believe that organisms evolved through descent with modification by natural selection?

a.Darwin

b.Lamarck

c.Malthus

d.Lyell

Choosing individuals based off of certain characteristics for mating is what type of selection?

a.Stabilizing

b.Temporal

c.Sexual

d.Directional

Using radioactive dating methods we can determine a rock’s…

a.Absolute age

b.Relative age

c.Origin

d.None of these

This hypothesis for species changing over time is known as…a.Gradualism

b.Punctuated Equilibrium

c.Stablilizing selection

d.Diverging selection

When species inhabit different habitats within the same geographic area this is know as

a.Temporal isolation

b.Behavioral isolation

c.Ecological isolation

d.Gametic Isolation

When species mate at different times of the year this is known as

a.Temporal isolation

b.Behavioral isolation

c.Mechanical Isolation

d.Gametic Isolation

The last mass extinction allowed who to dominate the land?

a.reptiles

b.plants

c.bacteria

d.mammals

Looking at the position of a rock within a landmass can help to determine it’s…

a.Absolute age

b.Relative age

c.Origin

d.None of these

This individual stated human population growth was controlled by limited resources..

a.Darwin

b.Lamarck

c.Malthus

d.Lyell

Which of the following is not a requirement for evolution by natural selection to occur?

a.Overproduction

b.Variation

c.Mutation

d.Inheritance

The maggot and meat experiment that disproved spontaneous generation was performed by…a.Redi

b.Spallanzani

c. Pasteur

d.Darwin

What type of selection is this?

a.Disruptive

b.Directional

c.Stablilizing

d.Sporatic

This experiment tested Oparin’s hypothesis of early Earth’s conditions to produce life…a. Miller-Urey

b. Spallanzani

c. Pasteur

d. Redi

How old is the Earth in years?

a.4.6 million

b.46 million

c.4.6 billion

d.46 billion

This person believed in the idea of uniformitarianism that geologic processes are the same today as they were long ago.a.Darwin

b.Lamarck

c.Malthus

d.Lyell

What process allowed eukaryotes to appear

a.Endosymbiosis

b.Biogenesis

c.Cladogenesis

d.Eukaryosymbiosis