Test Bank for Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
Test Bank For Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
,Test Bank for Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3e Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
Test Bank, Answer at the end of each Chapter
Test Bank 1-4
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Referring to the phylogenetic trees below which statement(s) is/are correct?
a. Tree A proposes that the camera eye of mollusks and vertebrates is homologous; tree B proposes that
the camera eye of mollusks and vertebrates arose through convergent evolution.
b. Tree B proposes that the camera eye of mollusks and vertebrates is homologous; tree A proposes that
the camera eye of mollusks and vertebrates arose through convergent evolution.
c. Tree B is more parsimonious.
d. a and c
e. b and c
2. What contribution did British naturalist Mary Anning make to paleontology?
a. the comparison of elephant fossils and the skeletons of living elephants
b. the discovery of fossilized marine animals and other strange animals
c. the idea that rocks formed through very slow changes
d. the realization that tongue stones were actually shark teeth
3. Tetrapods include
a. organisms descended from ancestors with four limbs.
b. birds.
c. whales.
Test Bank For Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
,Test Bank for Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
d. all of the above
4. The process of changes arising due to random chance is
a. natural selection.
b. sexual selection.
c. genetic drift.
d. heredity.
Test Bank For Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
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Test Bank 1-4
5. What type of virus is the influenza virus?
a. an enveloped RNA virus
b. a non-enveloped RNA virus
c. an enveloped DNA virus
d. a non-enveloped DNA virus
6. Stromatolites are structures of mineralized layers created by
a. bacteria.
b. archaea.
c. sponges.
d. corals.
7. Which of the following supports an ancient Earth?
a. the absence of short-lived isotopes in rocks
b. the presence of many short-lived isotopes in rocks
c. the absence of long-lived isotopes in rocks
d. none of the above
8. What does the fossil record reveal about the locomotory behavior of Tyrannosaurus rex?
a. It was a fast runner, like an ostrich.
b. It had a sprawling gait, like a crocodile.
c. It was incapable of running fast.
d. Its small arms were leveraged to generate a running force.
9. Which of the following may have been a more limiting factor for early life to form?
a. the toxic atmosphere
b. the amount of water available
c. the temperature
d. a and b
e. b and c
10. One important feature that links extinct organisms such as Pakicetus and Indohyus to cetaceans is
a. the shape of a bone in the middle ear.
b. the presence of forelimb flippers.
c. the lack of hindlegs.
d. peg-like teeth.
11. Which of the following would explain why viruses such as influenza evolve so rapidly?
a. They have a high mutation rate.
b. They have a high replication rate.
Test Bank For Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
Test Bank For Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
,Test Bank for Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3e Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
Test Bank, Answer at the end of each Chapter
Test Bank 1-4
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Referring to the phylogenetic trees below which statement(s) is/are correct?
a. Tree A proposes that the camera eye of mollusks and vertebrates is homologous; tree B proposes that
the camera eye of mollusks and vertebrates arose through convergent evolution.
b. Tree B proposes that the camera eye of mollusks and vertebrates is homologous; tree A proposes that
the camera eye of mollusks and vertebrates arose through convergent evolution.
c. Tree B is more parsimonious.
d. a and c
e. b and c
2. What contribution did British naturalist Mary Anning make to paleontology?
a. the comparison of elephant fossils and the skeletons of living elephants
b. the discovery of fossilized marine animals and other strange animals
c. the idea that rocks formed through very slow changes
d. the realization that tongue stones were actually shark teeth
3. Tetrapods include
a. organisms descended from ancestors with four limbs.
b. birds.
c. whales.
Test Bank For Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
,Test Bank for Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
d. all of the above
4. The process of changes arising due to random chance is
a. natural selection.
b. sexual selection.
c. genetic drift.
d. heredity.
Test Bank For Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
, Name: Class: Date:
Test Bank 1-4
5. What type of virus is the influenza virus?
a. an enveloped RNA virus
b. a non-enveloped RNA virus
c. an enveloped DNA virus
d. a non-enveloped DNA virus
6. Stromatolites are structures of mineralized layers created by
a. bacteria.
b. archaea.
c. sponges.
d. corals.
7. Which of the following supports an ancient Earth?
a. the absence of short-lived isotopes in rocks
b. the presence of many short-lived isotopes in rocks
c. the absence of long-lived isotopes in rocks
d. none of the above
8. What does the fossil record reveal about the locomotory behavior of Tyrannosaurus rex?
a. It was a fast runner, like an ostrich.
b. It had a sprawling gait, like a crocodile.
c. It was incapable of running fast.
d. Its small arms were leveraged to generate a running force.
9. Which of the following may have been a more limiting factor for early life to form?
a. the toxic atmosphere
b. the amount of water available
c. the temperature
d. a and b
e. b and c
10. One important feature that links extinct organisms such as Pakicetus and Indohyus to cetaceans is
a. the shape of a bone in the middle ear.
b. the presence of forelimb flippers.
c. the lack of hindlegs.
d. peg-like teeth.
11. Which of the following would explain why viruses such as influenza evolve so rapidly?
a. They have a high mutation rate.
b. They have a high replication rate.
Test Bank For Evolution Making Sense of Life, 3rd Edition Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
