Unit 5: The History of Life on Earth, Practice Test Part II
BIOL1104: Friday Evening Study Group Practice Test
March 27th, 2025
oe is an immortal indestructible time traveller who wants to see some of the earliest fish
Z
species from earth. If she wanted to see each of the following types of fish in their most
ancient form, what time period should she go back to (HINT: refer to the clade that species is
a part of to inform your answer)
.
1 harks (Chondrichthyes)
S .
a ovinian
D
2. Coelacanth (Sarcoptergii) b. Carnifersous
3. Lung Fish (Dipnomorpha) c. Ordovian
4. Frogs (Lissamphibia) d. Sularian
5. Hagfish (Myxini) e. Permian
6. A
fter her aquatic adventures Zoe decides that she needs a short break somewhere
warm. Which of the following would she find the hottest?
a. Cambrian
b. Hadean
c. Achaean
d. Quaternary
7. Z oe decides that she really wants a pet cat. Which of the following clades is most likely
to possess a feline creature she can adopt?
a. Cyclosomata
b. Sauropsida
c. Eutheria
d. Deutorozoans
e. Protozoans
8. If Zoe wanted to show her cat the beginnings of eukaryotic multicellular life what time
period should she visit?
a. Protozoic
b. Cenozoic
c. Archean
d. Cambrian
uring her travels Zoe accidentally caused the order of which traits evolved to become mixed
D
up by bringing her cat back with her and leaving it behind. How should the evolution of traits
be ordered to fix the timeline?
. First
9 a. B ifurcation into photosynthetic (algal) and
10.Second non-photosynthetic (protozoan) lineages
11.Third b. Flagella for motility
12.Fourth c. Development as cilia instead of flagella
13.Fifth d. Development of eukaryotic membranes
e. Complex feeding structures and pseudopodia
, BIOL1104: Friday Evening Study Group Practice Test
March 27th, 2025
14.Which of the following events is the reason for the massive loss of diversity at the end of
the Permian Era
a. The deoxygenation of the oceans causing many species of fish to die off
b. The breaking apart of pangea into the modern contents we have now
c. The siberian steam vents causing the heat to rise rapidly
d. The first ice age causing many warm blooded species to die
e. The meteor that destroyed all the dinosaurs
15.A scientist is studying the evolution of mitochondria into what it is now, looking
specifically at mitochondria in its earliest form. Which of the following groups of protists
would he be most interested in
a. SAR
b. Unikonta
c. Excavata
d. Acheaplastida
Match the Supergroups to its major clades using the two lists below:
6.Unikonta
1 .
a iplomonads, Parabasalids, Eulenozoans
D
17.SAR: Stramapholites b. Forams, Cercozoans, Radiolarians
18.SAR: Aveolates c. Red Algae, Green Algae
19.SAR: Rhizarians d. Diatoms, Brown Algae, Oomycetes
20.Excavata e. Apicomplexians, Dinoflagellates, Ciliates
21.Acheaplastida f. Amoebozoans, Opisthokonts
22.In the space below draw a cladogram of Protists including the four major clades, and any
major subclades
BIOL1104: Friday Evening Study Group Practice Test
March 27th, 2025
oe is an immortal indestructible time traveller who wants to see some of the earliest fish
Z
species from earth. If she wanted to see each of the following types of fish in their most
ancient form, what time period should she go back to (HINT: refer to the clade that species is
a part of to inform your answer)
.
1 harks (Chondrichthyes)
S .
a ovinian
D
2. Coelacanth (Sarcoptergii) b. Carnifersous
3. Lung Fish (Dipnomorpha) c. Ordovian
4. Frogs (Lissamphibia) d. Sularian
5. Hagfish (Myxini) e. Permian
6. A
fter her aquatic adventures Zoe decides that she needs a short break somewhere
warm. Which of the following would she find the hottest?
a. Cambrian
b. Hadean
c. Achaean
d. Quaternary
7. Z oe decides that she really wants a pet cat. Which of the following clades is most likely
to possess a feline creature she can adopt?
a. Cyclosomata
b. Sauropsida
c. Eutheria
d. Deutorozoans
e. Protozoans
8. If Zoe wanted to show her cat the beginnings of eukaryotic multicellular life what time
period should she visit?
a. Protozoic
b. Cenozoic
c. Archean
d. Cambrian
uring her travels Zoe accidentally caused the order of which traits evolved to become mixed
D
up by bringing her cat back with her and leaving it behind. How should the evolution of traits
be ordered to fix the timeline?
. First
9 a. B ifurcation into photosynthetic (algal) and
10.Second non-photosynthetic (protozoan) lineages
11.Third b. Flagella for motility
12.Fourth c. Development as cilia instead of flagella
13.Fifth d. Development of eukaryotic membranes
e. Complex feeding structures and pseudopodia
, BIOL1104: Friday Evening Study Group Practice Test
March 27th, 2025
14.Which of the following events is the reason for the massive loss of diversity at the end of
the Permian Era
a. The deoxygenation of the oceans causing many species of fish to die off
b. The breaking apart of pangea into the modern contents we have now
c. The siberian steam vents causing the heat to rise rapidly
d. The first ice age causing many warm blooded species to die
e. The meteor that destroyed all the dinosaurs
15.A scientist is studying the evolution of mitochondria into what it is now, looking
specifically at mitochondria in its earliest form. Which of the following groups of protists
would he be most interested in
a. SAR
b. Unikonta
c. Excavata
d. Acheaplastida
Match the Supergroups to its major clades using the two lists below:
6.Unikonta
1 .
a iplomonads, Parabasalids, Eulenozoans
D
17.SAR: Stramapholites b. Forams, Cercozoans, Radiolarians
18.SAR: Aveolates c. Red Algae, Green Algae
19.SAR: Rhizarians d. Diatoms, Brown Algae, Oomycetes
20.Excavata e. Apicomplexians, Dinoflagellates, Ciliates
21.Acheaplastida f. Amoebozoans, Opisthokonts
22.In the space below draw a cladogram of Protists including the four major clades, and any
major subclades
