Evolution2

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1: Examine the image below. What type of selection is shown?: Disruptive selection
Stabilising selection
Directional selection
Artificial selection
2: Which of the following does not simply lead to a reshuffling of alleles in a population?: Independent assortment during meiosis
Crossing over during meiosis
Random fertilization of gametes
Mutation
Random mating of organisms
3: The organism below is Anthrax, and does pretty unpleasant things to people... What kingdom is it in?: Protoctista
Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Prokaryota
4: Explain what allopatric speciation is
5: Features that appear to have evolved from the same 'original design' are known as: Heterologous features
Vestigial features
Synonymous features
Homologous features
6: The organism below is single celled. Its cell is compartmentalized: it has organelles. It makes its own food.What kingdom is it in?: Animalia
Protoctista
Prokaryota
Plantae
Fungi
7: Which term describes an organism which has more than to sets of chromosomes, all of which come from the same species: Autopolyploid
Allopolyploid
Triploid
8: The cell below is cancerous. What term is used to describe a cancer that is able to spread about the body and invade other body tissues?
9: A binomial is made from the: Kingdom and phylum
Phylum and Order
Order and species
Family and genus
Genus and species
Class and order
Kingdom and species
10: Examine the picture below. What Kingdom does this multicellular organism belong to?: Fungi
Animalia
Plantae
Prokaryotae
Protoctista
11: Which one word means the evolutionary history of living organisms
12: The diagram below illustrates which type of selective force?: Artificial selection
Directional selection
Disruptive selection
Stabilising selection
13: The selective force illutsrated above is likely to result in:: Increased variety
Decreased variety
Genetic novelty
Directional change in the characteristics of the population
More variation in the population
14: The study of the classification of organisms is known as this:
15: Two species arose through evolution that involves the separation of their parent populations by the development of a mountain range. This type of speciation is termed: Allopatric
Sympatric
16: Which of the following classification schemes is correct?: Kingdom Class Phylum Order Family Genus Species
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Species Genus
Kingdom Order Class Phylum Family Order Genus Species
Kingdom Phylum Family Order Class Genus Species
Kingdom Order Family Phylum Class Genus Species
Kingdom Phylum family Order Class Genus Species
kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
17: Examine the image below. This type of speciation is due to:: Stabilising selection
Directional selection
Biotic change
Environmental change
Artificial selection
18: Explain what is meant by the term selection pressure?
19: Examine the diagram below. What is going on?: Competition
Melanism
Allopatric speciation
Sympatric speciation
Stabilising selection
Overproduction
20: The orange flowered species is: Haploid
Diploid
Triploid
Autoployploid
Allopolyploid
21: Examine the diagram below. What Kingdom does organism involved in the recycling of materials belong to?: Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Protoctista
Prokaryotae
22: The many breeds of sheep are a consequence of: Natural selection
Sympatric speciation
Allopatric speciation
Mutation
Artificial selection
23: The sickle cell gene can cause a severe form of anaemia, which is often fatal. The allele persists in some populations because of:: It completely stops you getting malaria
The homozygous form does not influence health
The heterozygotic form provides an advantage
The mosquito avoids those that are homozygous
Homozygous individuals are less likely to suffer a serious bout of malaria
the heterozygous state is lethal
24: Describe the Spartina story
25: Examine the diagram below. What word describes the type of population growth seen between the two arrows?
26: If allowed to continue, such population growth can lead to: Interspecific competition
Mutation
Disruptive selection
Abiotic factors
Overpopulation
27: What is the following a definition of? A groupp of organisms with similar morphological, physiological, biochemical amd behavioural features, which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other species.: Races
Species
Sub-species
Breeds
Genus
Family
Phylum
28: What kingdom of organisms contain members that possess plasmids and small ribosomes: Eukaryotes
Fungi
Animals
Protoctista
Prokaryota
29: Explain what natural selection is:
30: Examine the diagram below. What class does the organism belong to?