Question 1

A sterile mule is produced by mating a horse and a donkey.From this observation you could conclude

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A)   increasing the number of mules in a population will affect the allele frequency in the next generation.
B)   that horses and donkeys are different species.
C)   that horses and donkeys are the same species.
D)   that mules are a result of macroevolution.
E)   the DNA sequences of horses and donkeys are more than 97% identical.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

Figuer:  
-Mammals diverged from a common ancestor of all these vertebrates more recently than crocodiles diverged from a common ancestor of birds.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Figuer: 
-From the data shown in the table,what can be concluded about the flower preferences of hummingbirds?

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A)   They prefer red flowers in either monkeyflower species.
B)   They prefer yellow-orange flowers of the mutant M. lewisii.
C)   They strongly prefer M. cardinalis, no matter the color of the flowers.
D)   They prefer pink flowers, regardless of the monkeyflower species.
E)   They prefer M. lewisii, no matter the color of the flowers.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 4

Figuer: 
-When the researchers crossed M.lewisii and M.cardinalis,the hybrids had which genotype?

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A)   yup
B)   YUP/YUP
C)   YUP
D)   yup/yup
E)   YUP/yupF) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

Each branch on a cladogram is a clade distinguished by characteristics that appear only in its members.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The larger the initial population size,the less likely it will endure a major environmental change.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Conservation biologists are often concerned that when the population size of an endangered species becomes too small,it is at risk of extinction for which reason?

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A)   They are at risk of developing prezygotic barriers to reproduction.
B)   They can no longer evolve.
C)   They may be more susceptible to changes in the environment or disease.
D)   They are at risk of sympatric isolation.
E)   Their rate of breeding will decline.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

A tetraploid (i.e.,four sets of chromosomes) plant species is typically ______________,whereas a plant species with three sets of chromosomes is typically ______________.This difference is due to whether or not meiosis can be completed.

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A)   small; large
B)   large; small
C)   fertile; infertile
D)   rare; common
E)   infertile; fertileF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

Figuer: 
-Based on the cladogram,birds are most closely related to

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A)   snakes.
B)   dinosaurs.
C)   crocodiles.
D)   amphibians.
E)   mammals.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

The process by which new species originate

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A)   occurred for millions of years but is no longer occurring.
B)   is extinction.
C)   is germination.
D)   occurred only once in Earth's history.
E)   is speciation.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 11

Hawthorn maggot flies that breed on native hawthorns or introduced European apples can mate in the lab,but rarely mate in the wild.This is an example of ____ reproductive isolation.

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A)   parapatric
B)   sympatric
C)   postzygotic
D)   prezygotic
E)   allopatricF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

The observation that freshwater habitats account for only 1% of the Earth's water,and they are home to 36% of the known species of fish is due to ____ speciation.

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A)   parapatric
B)   allopatric
C)   prezygotic
D)   postzygotic
E)   sympatricF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

Which of the following is not a type of prezygotic reproductive isolation?

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A)   mechanical isolation
B)   hybrid infertility
C)   gametic isolation
D)   temporal isolation
E)   ecological isolationF) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 14

Bacteria cannot be classified using the biological definition of a species for which reason?

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A)   Bacteria are asexual.
B)   The DNA sequences of all bacteria are more than 97% identical.
C)   Bacteria cannot reproduce.
D)   Bacteria do not evolve.
E)   Bacteria are present everywhere and cannot be reproductively isolated from other bacteria.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 15

Species such as mice have a better chance of surviving sudden environmental change than elephants because elephants

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A)   live longer than mice.
B)   have a more selective diet than mice.
C)   reproduce much more slowly than mice.
D)   require larger habitats than mice.
E)   eat more than mice.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

Figuer: 
-In the wild-type purple monkeyflower (i.e.,M.lewisii) ,the dominant YUP allele prevents carotenoids from forming,leaving the pinkish-purple anthocyanin pigments to provide the petal color.A wild-type scarlet monkeyflower (i.e.,M.cardinalis) has which genotype?

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A)   yup/yup
B)   YUP
C)   YUP/YUP
D)   YUP/yup
E)   yupF) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 17

The type of reproductive isolation in which offspring are infertile because their chromosomes cannot align correctly during meiosis due to a different number of chromosomes being inherited from each parent is

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A)   mechanical isolation.
B)   temporal isolation.
C)   hybrid inviability.
D)   hybrid infertility.
E)   gametic isolation.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

Scientists have a very complete fossil record showing the evolution of horses over millions of years,with the legs becoming longer and the teeth larger,as ancestors of the modern horse adapted from living in forest to grasslands.This is an example of

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A)   extinction.
B)   punctuated equilibrium.
C)   adaptive radiation.
D)   gradualism.
E)   a prezygotic barrier to evolution.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

The idea that evolution proceeds with long periods of stasis with relatively brief bursts of fast evolutionary change is

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A)   gradualism.
B)   punctuated equilibrium.
C)   temporal equilibrium.
D)   catastrophism.
E)   temporal isolation.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

Mules are considered to be a distinct species because they produce fertile offspring when mated.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Speciation and Extinction

Figuer: -Based on the cladogram,birds are most closely related to

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Bacteria cannot be classified using the biological definition of a species for which reason?

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Figuer: -When the researchers crossed M.lewisii and M.cardinalis,the hybrids had which genotype?

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The larger the initial population size,the less likely it will endure a major environmental change.

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The idea that evolution proceeds with long periods of stasis with relatively brief bursts of fast evolutionary change is

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The process by which new species originate

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Scientists have a very complete fossil record showing the evolution of horses over millions of years,with the legs becoming longer and the teeth larger,as ancestors of the modern horse adapted from living in forest to grasslands.This is an example of

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Figuer: -In the wild-type purple monkeyflower (i.e.,M.lewisii) ,the dominant YUP allele prevents carotenoids from forming,leaving the pinkish-purple anthocyanin pigments to provide the petal color.A wild-type scarlet monkeyflower (i.e.,M.cardinalis) has which genotype?

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Figuer: -Mammals diverged from a common ancestor of all these vertebrates more recently than crocodiles diverged from a common ancestor of birds.

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Species such as mice have a better chance of surviving sudden environmental change than elephants because elephants

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The type of reproductive isolation in which offspring are infertile because their chromosomes cannot align correctly during meiosis due to a different number of chromosomes being inherited from each parent is

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Hawthorn maggot flies that breed on native hawthorns or introduced European apples can mate in the lab,but rarely mate in the wild.This is an example of ____ reproductive isolation.

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Which of the following is not a type of prezygotic reproductive isolation?

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A sterile mule is produced by mating a horse and a donkey.From this observation you could conclude

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The observation that freshwater habitats account for only 1% of the Earth's water,and they are home to 36% of the known species of fish is due to ____ speciation.

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Figuer: -From the data shown in the table,what can be concluded about the flower preferences of hummingbirds?

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Mules are considered to be a distinct species because they produce fertile offspring when mated.

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Conservation biologists are often concerned that when the population size of an endangered species becomes too small,it is at risk of extinction for which reason?

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A tetraploid (i.e.,four sets of chromosomes) plant species is typically ______________,whereas a plant species with three sets of chromosomes is typically ______________.This difference is due to whether or not meiosis can be completed.

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Each branch on a cladogram is a clade distinguished by characteristics that appear only in its members.

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