EEOB 3310.02 Exam 1 Questions With
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According |to |Charles |Lyell, |what |was |the |approximate |age |of |the |Earth?
|A. |Approximately |6000 |years, |which |was |calculated |by |adding |up |the |generation |in |the |Old |
Testament |of |the |Bible.
B. |Hundreds |of |thousands |of |years, |or |much |older |than |implied |by |the |timeline |presented |in |
|
Genesis.
| C. |At |least |4.5 |billion |years |old, |give |or |take |the |error |margin |on |radiometric |dating.
|D. |No |older |than |10,000 |years, |based |on |his |estimates |from |pollen |core |samples |of |Scottish |
peat |bogs. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-B.
Prior |to |Darwin's |work, |species |were |believed |to |be:
|A. |both |"unchanging |entities |with |an |inner |form |(eidos)" |and |"specially |created |by |god |in |a |
perfect |form"
| B. |evolving |via |a |process |explained |by |LaMarck |
| C. |evolving |via |some |unknown |process |
| D. |unchanging |entities |with |an |inner |form |(eidos) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A.
Darwin |realized |that |the |often |exquisite |fit |of |species |to |their |environment |is |primarily |the |
result |of
| A. |paradigm |shifts. |
| B. |natural |selection. |
| C. |supernatural |events. |
| D. |empirical |research. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-B.
,During |the |voyage |of |the |Beagle, |Darwin |visited |both |the |Cape |de |Verde |islands |and |the |
Galapagos |islands. |Why |were |these |visits |so |important |to |the |development |of |his |theory |of |
evolution? |Select |THE |BEST |answer
|A. |The |islands |had |nearly |identical |habitat |and |climate, |but |the |species |on |each |island |
resembled |those |on |the |nearby |continents, |rather |than |each |other. |This |provided |evidence |
against |special |creation
|B. |Darwin |was |struck |by |the |diversity |of |finches |on |the |Cape |de |Verde |islands, |which |
demonstrated |that |adaptation |to |local |habitats |could |occur
|C. |The |marine |iguanas |of |the |Galapagos |islands |demonstrated |that |species |could |acquire |
novel |traits
|D. |The |islands |were |formed |via |marine |subduction, |which |proved |Lyell's |theory |of |
unitformitarianism |and |suggested |that |the |earth |was |older |than |6000 |years
| E. |All |of |the |above |are |true |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A.
Based |on |our |current |understanding |of |natural |populations, |what |is |the |best |way |to |describe |
intraspecific |(within |species) |genetic |variation?
| A. |Genetic |drift |causes |most |alleles |at |nearly |90% |of |the |loci |in |the |genome |to |be |fixed.
|B. |Most |species |are |so |well |adapted |to |their |environment |that |they |have |few |alleles |at |each |
locus.
| C. |Most |species |are |heterozygous |at |most |(>80%) |of |the |loci |in |their |genomes. |
|D. |Other |than |a |few |species |that |are |at |extreme |conservation |risk, |most |species |have |plenty |
of |genetic |diversity.
|E. |Most |species |are |heterozygous |at |between |5% |and |30% |of |the |loci |in |their |genomes. |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-E.
Within |population |variation |is |essential |to |the |theory |of |evolution |by |means |of |natural |
selection |because
|
, | A. |this |variation |is |proof |that |selection |has |occurred |
| B. |this |variation |is |evidence |that |the |species |was |not |specially |created |
| C. |this |variation |provides |selection |with |something |to |act |upon |
| D. |this |variation |is |essential |to |intraspecific |competition |for |resources |
| E. |this |variation |is |evidence |of |mutations |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-C.
In |the |Peromyscus |mouse |system |investigated |by |the |Hoestra |lab, |what |is |the |selective |agent?
| A. |predation |(i.e., |by |visual |predators) |
| B. |camouflage |to |the |light |sand |beaches |(i.e., |it |allows |mice |to |survive |until |adulthood)
| C. |Pigments |coded |for |by |the |Mc1R |gene. |
| D. |Owls |(i.e., |the |visual |predators) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-D.
What |did |Hopi |Hoestra's |lab |demonstrate |with |their |work |on |Peromyscus |mice? |Choose |THE |
BEST |answer
|A. |Mouse |populations |will |adapt |to |the |soil |substrate |of |their |environment |because |the |food |
ingested |by |the |mice |influenced |melanin |production
|B. |Mouse |populations |on |barrier |islands |are |in |the |process |of |forming |a |new |species |because |
they |have |lighter |colored |coats |than |the |mainland |mice
|C. |That |mice |adapt |because |they |have |visual |predators |such |as |eagles |who |act |as |selective |
agents
| D. |That |the |mice |can |swim |from |the |mainland |to |the |barrier |islands |
|E. |That |selection |pressure |from |predators |who |hunt |visually |caused |differences |in |allele |
frequency |at |several |loci. |One |SNP |locus |can |account |for |36% |of |the |variation |in |coat |color |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-E.
What |is |the |Modern |Synthesis?
A. |A |group |of |socialites |and |flappers |in |the |1920s |that |believed |Darwin's |theory |and |
popularized |it |using |big |band |jazz |music.
Correct Answers
According |to |Charles |Lyell, |what |was |the |approximate |age |of |the |Earth?
|A. |Approximately |6000 |years, |which |was |calculated |by |adding |up |the |generation |in |the |Old |
Testament |of |the |Bible.
B. |Hundreds |of |thousands |of |years, |or |much |older |than |implied |by |the |timeline |presented |in |
|
Genesis.
| C. |At |least |4.5 |billion |years |old, |give |or |take |the |error |margin |on |radiometric |dating.
|D. |No |older |than |10,000 |years, |based |on |his |estimates |from |pollen |core |samples |of |Scottish |
peat |bogs. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-B.
Prior |to |Darwin's |work, |species |were |believed |to |be:
|A. |both |"unchanging |entities |with |an |inner |form |(eidos)" |and |"specially |created |by |god |in |a |
perfect |form"
| B. |evolving |via |a |process |explained |by |LaMarck |
| C. |evolving |via |some |unknown |process |
| D. |unchanging |entities |with |an |inner |form |(eidos) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A.
Darwin |realized |that |the |often |exquisite |fit |of |species |to |their |environment |is |primarily |the |
result |of
| A. |paradigm |shifts. |
| B. |natural |selection. |
| C. |supernatural |events. |
| D. |empirical |research. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-B.
,During |the |voyage |of |the |Beagle, |Darwin |visited |both |the |Cape |de |Verde |islands |and |the |
Galapagos |islands. |Why |were |these |visits |so |important |to |the |development |of |his |theory |of |
evolution? |Select |THE |BEST |answer
|A. |The |islands |had |nearly |identical |habitat |and |climate, |but |the |species |on |each |island |
resembled |those |on |the |nearby |continents, |rather |than |each |other. |This |provided |evidence |
against |special |creation
|B. |Darwin |was |struck |by |the |diversity |of |finches |on |the |Cape |de |Verde |islands, |which |
demonstrated |that |adaptation |to |local |habitats |could |occur
|C. |The |marine |iguanas |of |the |Galapagos |islands |demonstrated |that |species |could |acquire |
novel |traits
|D. |The |islands |were |formed |via |marine |subduction, |which |proved |Lyell's |theory |of |
unitformitarianism |and |suggested |that |the |earth |was |older |than |6000 |years
| E. |All |of |the |above |are |true |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A.
Based |on |our |current |understanding |of |natural |populations, |what |is |the |best |way |to |describe |
intraspecific |(within |species) |genetic |variation?
| A. |Genetic |drift |causes |most |alleles |at |nearly |90% |of |the |loci |in |the |genome |to |be |fixed.
|B. |Most |species |are |so |well |adapted |to |their |environment |that |they |have |few |alleles |at |each |
locus.
| C. |Most |species |are |heterozygous |at |most |(>80%) |of |the |loci |in |their |genomes. |
|D. |Other |than |a |few |species |that |are |at |extreme |conservation |risk, |most |species |have |plenty |
of |genetic |diversity.
|E. |Most |species |are |heterozygous |at |between |5% |and |30% |of |the |loci |in |their |genomes. |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-E.
Within |population |variation |is |essential |to |the |theory |of |evolution |by |means |of |natural |
selection |because
|
, | A. |this |variation |is |proof |that |selection |has |occurred |
| B. |this |variation |is |evidence |that |the |species |was |not |specially |created |
| C. |this |variation |provides |selection |with |something |to |act |upon |
| D. |this |variation |is |essential |to |intraspecific |competition |for |resources |
| E. |this |variation |is |evidence |of |mutations |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-C.
In |the |Peromyscus |mouse |system |investigated |by |the |Hoestra |lab, |what |is |the |selective |agent?
| A. |predation |(i.e., |by |visual |predators) |
| B. |camouflage |to |the |light |sand |beaches |(i.e., |it |allows |mice |to |survive |until |adulthood)
| C. |Pigments |coded |for |by |the |Mc1R |gene. |
| D. |Owls |(i.e., |the |visual |predators) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-D.
What |did |Hopi |Hoestra's |lab |demonstrate |with |their |work |on |Peromyscus |mice? |Choose |THE |
BEST |answer
|A. |Mouse |populations |will |adapt |to |the |soil |substrate |of |their |environment |because |the |food |
ingested |by |the |mice |influenced |melanin |production
|B. |Mouse |populations |on |barrier |islands |are |in |the |process |of |forming |a |new |species |because |
they |have |lighter |colored |coats |than |the |mainland |mice
|C. |That |mice |adapt |because |they |have |visual |predators |such |as |eagles |who |act |as |selective |
agents
| D. |That |the |mice |can |swim |from |the |mainland |to |the |barrier |islands |
|E. |That |selection |pressure |from |predators |who |hunt |visually |caused |differences |in |allele |
frequency |at |several |loci. |One |SNP |locus |can |account |for |36% |of |the |variation |in |coat |color |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-E.
What |is |the |Modern |Synthesis?
A. |A |group |of |socialites |and |flappers |in |the |1920s |that |believed |Darwin's |theory |and |
popularized |it |using |big |band |jazz |music.
