Evolution and Prehistory The Human Challenge 10th Edition By Haviland - Test Bank
Chapter 2 – Biology, Genetics, and Evolution
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. How do scientific accounts and creation stories differ from each other?
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a. |
Evolution is true, and creation stories are not |
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b. |
Evolution, unlike creation stories, explains how life forms became diverse |
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c. |
Scientific accounts focus on testable ideas, and creation stories do not |
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d. |
Creation stories are based on religion, and scientific accounts are based on ideology |
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e. |
These two accounts do not differ from each other; they are simply two different stories |
ANS: C DIF: Conceptual REF: The Classification of Living Things
OBJ: 1 MSC: New
2. All of the following are characteristics of scientific thought regarding the theory of evolution except:
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a. |
it is developed on a molecular basis. |
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b. |
it applies to groups of individuals. |
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c. |
it uses testable ideas. |
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d. |
it does not come out of a vacuum, but, instead, is part of a unified way of understanding life. |
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e. |
it does not account for the diversity of life. |
ANS: E DIF: Conceptual REF: The Classification of Living Things
OBJ: 1 MSC: New
3. The smallest working units in biological classificatory systems that are reproductively isolated populations or groups of populations capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring are called
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a. |
genus. |
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b. |
genes. |
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c. |
species. |
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d. |
genome. |
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e. |
genetic code. |
ANS: C DIF: Factual REF: The Classification of Living Things
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup
4. Modern taxonomy, or the science of classification, is based on
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a. |
body structure and growth. |
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b. |
body structure and function. |
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c. |
body structure, growth, and function. |
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d. |
body structure, function, and sequence of bodily growth. |
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e. |
body structure, growth, function, protein structure, and genetic material. |
ANS: D DIF: Factual REF: The Classification of Living Things
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup
5. The hand of a human and the wing of a bat are __________________ structures, while the wings of birds and butterflies are _________________ structures.
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a. |
analogous; homologous |
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b. |
homologous; analogous |
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c. |
kingdom; phylum |
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d. |
suborder; subfamily |
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e. |
higher order; lower order |
ANS: B DIF: Applied REF: The Classification of Living Things
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup
6. Which scientist proposed that an organism’s behavior could bring about changes in its anatomy? This was called the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
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a. |
Charles Darwin |
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b. |
Gregor Mendel |
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c. |
Carolus Linnaeus |
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d. |
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck |
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e. |
Sir Charles Lyell |
ANS: D DIF: Factual REF: The Discovery of Evolution
OBJ: 3 MSC: New
7. The theory of uniformitarianism argued that
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a. |
changes on Earth are caused by gradual processes over time. |
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b. |
all life forms came from a single-celled organism. |
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c. |
change has occurred quickly and catastrophically to all life forms and physical substances. |
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d. |
both physical Earth and all its lifeforms were created by God and exist exactly as they were formed. |
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e. |
mutation occurred at regular intervals and could account for the diversity that exists today. |
ANS: A DIF: Factual REF: The Discovery of Evolution
OBJ: 3 MSC: New
8. All of the following are part of the theory of natural selection except:
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a. |
all species display a range of variation, and some variations are more favorable than others. |
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b. |
organisms face a “struggle for existence” within their environments. |
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c. |
all species can expand and exceed their means of subsistence. |
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d. |
nature selects the most advantageous variations. |
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e. |
individuals with better adaptation will more selectively reproduce, favoring less offspring that are better cared for. |
ANS: E DIF: Conceptual REF: Heredity OBJ: 3
MSC: New
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