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Chapter 12: Adaptations Over Time

Adaptations over Time

1
Who is responsible for the theory of acquired characteristics?
A)Marconi
B)Watson
C)Lamarck
D)Leakey
2
A __________ is made up of all the individuals of a type of plant or animal that live in the same area.
A)fossil
B)population
C)bacteria
D)homonid
3
What group has opposable thumbs and binocular vision?
A)monkeys only
B)humans only
C)all primates
D)homonids
4
Which type of fossil leaves its pattern on sediment that later turns into hard rock?
A)amber fossil
B)frozen fossil
C)cast fossil
D)imprint fossil
5
The punctuated equilibrium model of evolution states that evolution __________.
A)occurs over millions of years
B)occurs rapidly
C)never produces new species
D)occurs only in plant species
6
The model of evolution as a slow process is __________.
A)gradualism
B)chemosynthesis
C)metamorphosis
D)adaptation
7
Which of these is a characteristic of primates?
A)asexual reproduction
B)make their own food
C)non-opposable thumbs
D)binocular vision
8
What may a series of helpful variations in a species result in?
A)fossils
B)adaptation
C)climatic change
D)embryology
9
The human appendix is an example of __________.
A)punctuated equilibrium
B)an adaptation
C)gradualism
D)a vestigial structure
10
Change in inherited characteristics over time is called __________.
A)species
B)camouflage
C)evolution
D)fossils
11
When a bat's wing and a bird's wing are compared, similar bone structures are discovered. They are __________.
A)Homo sapiens
B)cast fossils
C)naturally selected
D)homologous structures
12
A mouse population develops an adaptation that results in white fur. They live in a forest with a population of hawks. Which of these statements is true?
A)The population of white mice will most likely increase.
B)The population of white mice will most likely stay the same.
C)The population of hawks will most likely decrease.
D)The population of white mice will most likely decrease.
13
Studying embryology helps scientists understand __________.
A)how a species makes food through photosynthesis
B)the early stages of an organism's growth
C)how a species reproduces sexually
D)where organisms migrate during their lives
14
Which scientist would study pesticide-resistant species of insects?
A)a volcanologist
B)a geologist
C)an entomologist
D)an astrophysicist
15
Scientists compare DNA from living organisms to identify __________.
A)similarities between species
B)natural selection
C)geographic isolation
D)a fossil's location
16
By comparing amounts of radioactive and nonradioactive elements in a fossil, its age can be determined through __________.
A)radiography
B)relative dating
C)embryology
D)radiometric dating
17
A bacteria species that were once killed by penicillin are now resistant to it. What model explains this?
A)camouflage
B)relative dating
C)punctuated equilibrium
D)gradualism
18
The fossil remains of a __________ were discovered and named Lucy.
A)Neanderthal
B)prosimian
C)homonid
D)Cro-Magnon human
19
Which early human group is considered to be responsible for ancient cave drawings discovered in France?
A)Homo sapiens
B)homonids
C)Homo habilis
D)Cro-Magnon humans
20
Vestigial structures provide evidence of __________.
A)populations
B)gradualism
C)photosynthesis
D)evolution
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