Test Bank for Evolution making sense of life 2nd edition by carl Zimmer and Emlen Chapters 1-18 Covered

, Test Bank
Evolution making sense of life 2nd edition
by carl Zimmer and Emlen Chapters 1-18 Covered



TABLE OF CONTENT d d d




1. The Whale and the Virus: How Scientists Study Evolution
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2. From Natural Philosophy to Darwin: A Brief History of Evolutionary Ideas
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3. What the Rocks Say: How Geology and Paleontology Reveal the History of Life
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4. The Tree of Life: How Biologists Use Phylogeny to Reconstruct the Deep Past
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5. Raw Material: Heritable Variation Among Individuals
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6. The Ways of Change: Drift and Selection
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7. Beyond Alleles: Quantitative Genetics and the Evolution of Phenotypes
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8. The History in Our Genes
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9. From Genes to Traits: The Evolution of Genetic Networks and Development
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10. Natural Selection: Empirical Studies in the Wild
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11. Sex: Causes and Consequences
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12. After Conception: The Evolution of Life History and Parental Care
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13. The Origin of Species
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14. Macroevolution: The Long Run
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15. Intimate Partnerships: How Species Adapt to Each Other
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16. Brains and Behavior
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17. Human Evolution: A New Kind of Ape
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18. Evolutionary Medicine
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,TestBank, Chapter1
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1. Whichofthe following is NOT an exampleof evolution?
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(a) Beaksizein apopulationofbirdsbecomeslarger from onegenerationto the next beca
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use larger beaked birds had higher reproductive success and passed the trait to their
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offspring
(b) Overlong periods oftimewhalesgraduallylost their hindlimbsd d d d d d d d d




(c) Whentraveling tohighaltitude,humanphysiology changesto accommod d d d d d d d d d




ate lower oxygen levels d d d




(d) Allofthe above are examples ofevolution
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2. Thefluke ofa whale and the fluke ofa shark:
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(a) arehomologous traits d d




(b) arosethroughconvergent evolution d d d




(c) are the result ofnatural selection
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(d) b and c are correct
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(e) allare correct d d




3. Mammaryglandsin whalesand humans: d d d d d




(a) area synapomorphy for thesespeciesand other mammals
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(b) arehomologous traits d d




(c) werelikelypresentinthe mostrecentcommonancestorofhumansand whales
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(d) allare correct d d




(e) none are correct d d




4. Basedoncurrentfossil evidence:
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(a) whaleswerelikelyfullyaquaticbeforetheyevolvedpeg-liketeethor baleen d d d d d d d d d d d




(b) evolutionofbaleen forced whalestobecome fully aquatic d d d d d d d d




(c) theteeth ofextinctwhalessuchas Dorudon weresimilar tothoseof extinct land
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mammals
(d) aand c are correct
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(e) b and c are correct
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5. Oneimportantfeature that linksextinct organisms suchas Pakicetusand
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Indohyustocetaceans is:
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, (a) the shape of a bone in the middle ear
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(b) thepresence offorelimb flippers
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(c) the lack of hindlegs
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