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Bio7B:  Illustrate the results of natural selection (Ch. 14 - HOLT)

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Evolutionary systematics emphasizes the importance of
a.
compared characteristics.
c.
unique characteristics.
b.
shared characteristics.
d.
derived characteristics.
 

 2. 
An advantage of our scientific naming system is that
a.
organisms all have the same scientific name.
b.
biologists can communicate regardless of their native languages.
c.
common names mean the same in all countries.
d.
Latin names are easy to pronounce.
 

 3. 
A species
a.
has the same meaning as “population.”
b.
is a broadly defined group of organisms.
c.
is a narrowly defined group of organisms.
d.
None of the above
 

 4. 
A model used by evolutionary biologists to represent evolutionary history among species is called a
a.
histogram.
c.
phylogram.
b.
cladogram.
d.
parallelogram.
 

 5. 
The basic biological unit in the Linnaean system of classification is the
a.
genus.
c.
family.
b.
species.
d.
kingdom.
 

 6. 
A biological species
a.
produces infertile offspring.
b.
is isolated reproductively from other species.
c.
cannot interbreed within the natural population.
d.
can easily be differentiated from others based on appearance.
 

 7. 
Taxonomy is
a.
the sequence in which different groups evolved.
b.
the study of life.
c.
the science of naming and classifying organisms.
d.
the evolutionary history of a species.
 

 8. 
Similar genera are grouped into a(n)
a.
class.
c.
phylum.
b.
family.
d.
order.
 

 9. 
Derived characteristics are traits
a.
shared by all species.
c.
found in distantly related species.
b.
originated in a common ancestor.
d.
found in closely related species.
 

 10. 
Under the Linnaean system of classification, plants and animals are sorted into groups based on
a.
form and size.
c.
form and structure.
b.
number and size.
d.
number and structure.
 

 11. 
Similar features evolved through convergent evolution are called
a.
genetic characters.
c.
analogous characters.
b.
homologous characters.
d.
environmental characters.
 

 12. 
A hybrid is produced from
a.
interbreeding between the same species.
b.
interbreeding between closely related species.
c.
crossing different plants.
d.
interbreeding between distantly related species.
 

 13. 
interbreeding : hybrids
a.
water : soil
c.
natural selection : change
b.
mitosis : meiosis
d.
homologous : environment
 

 14. 
The largest division that a group of organisms can belong to is
a.
genus.
c.
class.
b.
kingdom.
d.
domain.
 

 15. 
Dogs and wolves are members of
a.
the same genus.
c.
the same family.
b.
different species.
d.
All of the above
 

 16. 
Each level of classification is based on
a.
shared characteristics.
c.
general characteristics.
b.
specific characteristics.
d.
All of the above
 

 17. 
Analogous structures
a.
perform the same function in organisms.
b.
have the same form in organisms.
c.
evolve from a common ancestor.
d.
have the same structure in organisms.
 

 18. 
Linnaeus’s two-word system for naming organisms is called
a.
Greek polynomials.
c.
taxonomic evolution.
b.
binomial nomenclature.
d.
Genus species.
 

 19. 
Convergent evolution produces similar features in different organisms as the result of
a.
pressure by natural selection.
c.
sharing a common ancestor.
b.
similar environments.
d.
Both (a) and (b)
 

 20. 
The biological species concept is difficult to apply to
a.
organisms that live in groups.
c.
organisms that produce pollen.
b.
asexually reproducing organisms.
d.
sexually reproducing organisms.
 

 21. 
All scientific names must have
a.
the same species name.
b.
different genus names for organisms within the group.
c.
two Latin words.
d.
the same common name.
 

 22. 
Protista is an example of a
a.
genus.
c.
species.
b.
class.
d.
kingdom.
 



 
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