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Student Name: __________________________

Total Marks: _____ / 53 Percentage: _______ %

Test: Evolution
Assessment OF Learning

[ K/U: / 23 A: / 12 T/ I: /9 C: /9]

Section 1: Knowledge/ Understanding - Multiple Choice (Questions 1 - 23)

[K, 20 marks: 1 each; A, 3 marks: 1 each]

1. According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the individuals that survive are those
that have:
● Characteristics that plant or animal breeders favour
● The greatest number of offspring
● Variations best suited for the environment
● Characteristics their parents acquired by use and disuse.

2. Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its
environment
● Diversity
● Evolution
● Fitness
● Adaptation

3. Which of the following statements is FALSE

● A mutation is a change in the organism’s DNA
● All mutations are harmful
● Evolution is the progression towards a perfect species
● Mutations are rare events that can occur randomly or be the result of external
factors

4. Genetic drift occurs due to:

● Random chance
● Natural selection
● Migration
● Artificial selection
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5. Which of the following statements regarding natural selection is FALSE

● Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals with
certain traits
● Natural selection acts on phenotypes
● Natural selection causes evolutionary change whenever there is genetic variation
for traits affecting fitness
● Natural selection is random

6. Fitness in an evolutionary sense is measured in:

● The number of viable offspring produced
● Physical performance
● Lifespan
● Ability to survive

7. A necessary factor for the formation of news species is:

● Physical barriers separating two populations
● Reproductive isolation
● Different mating behaviours
● Different mating times

8. Sexual selection will:

● Select for traits that enhance an individual’s chance of mating
● Increase the size of individuals
● Result in individuals better adapted to the environment
● Result in stabilizing selection
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Answer questions #9-11 using the following diagram (Application)

9. What differences are apparent in the bodies of the three tortoise species shown above?
● Shells that differ in overall shape
● Different neck lengths
● Size of the opening for the neck
● Different shell patterns

10. Vegetation on Hood Island is sparse and sometimes hard to reach. How might the
vegetation have affected the evolution of the Hood Island tortoise shown above?
● Ancestral tortoises with long necks and shells that permitted greater neck
movement obtained food more easily, survived longer, and produced more
offspring than other tortoises.
● Ancestral tortoises with short necks and shells that permitted greater neck
movement obtained food more easily, survived longer, and produced more
offspring than other tortoises.
● Ancestral tortoises with long necks and shells that prevented greater neck
movement obtained food more easily, survived longer, and produced more
offspring than other tortoises.
● None of the above.

11. Considering the different body structures of the tortoises shown above, which tortoises
(a population from Pinta Island, or a population from Isabela Island) might survive more
successfully on Hood Island?
● Pinta Island
● Isabela Island
● Both have an equal chance of survival
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12. Genetic Drift is likely to be seen in a population:

● That has a high migration rate
● That has a low mutation rate
● In which natural selection is occurring
● That is very small

13. Gene flow often results in

● Populations that move to better environments
● A reduction of the allele frequency difference between populations
● Adaptive microevolution
● An increase in sampling error in the formation of the next generation

14. Which of the following best describes the role of beneficial mutations?
● They improve the appearance of the individuals
● They give individuals a better chance of survival
● They increase the size of individuals
● They make individuals smarter

15. Principles of uniformitarianism include which of the following?

● All animals share the same DNA
● Earth is continually being changed by new forces over time
● Natural laws are dynamic and change over time
● Geological change is slow and gradual

16. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

● Lamarck proposed that individuals could pass on traits that they acquired during
their lifetime to their offspring.
● Lyell revolutionized geology suggesting that geological change is slow and
gradual
● Cuvier’s studies on fossils revealed that complex fossils are found only in the
oldest rocks.
● Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains that the environment favours some
individuals over others.

17. What is biogeography?

● The study of fossil organisms in order to learn about earlier forms of life
● The observed geographic patterns of the distribution of species
● The idea that global catastrophes have caused the widespread extinctions of
species
● The idea that Earth and all living things have been created in their present forms
and are unchangeable
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18. Vestigial features include:

● The gills of a fish
● The larynx of a giraffe
● Goose bumps on a wolf
● The hip bones on a snake

19. The increased oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood of native Tibetans is an example of:
● Directional selection
● Stabilizing selection
● Disruptive selection
● All of the above

20. Which of the following is most likely to occur when a small number of individuals
establish a new population?
● Hardy-Weignberg principle
● Genetic bottleneck
● Founder effect
● Mechanical isolation

21. Prezygotic mechanisms of reproductive isolation include:

● Ecological isolation
● Hybrid infertility
● Zygotic mortality
● None of the above

22. Convergent evolution is exhibited most clearly by which of the following animal pairs?
● Whales and Elephants
● Sharks and Dolphins
● Flying squirrels and porcupines
● Lions and Tigers

23. The study of abiogenesis is an effort to explain:

● Why the dinosaurs became extinct
● How life began
● When life began
● Why the extinction rate is increasing
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Section 2: Short Answer (Questions 24-32)

[30 total: K/U, 3; T/I, 9; A, 9; C, 9]

24. How are speciation and microevolution different?

[C, 4]

25. What is artificial selection, and why is it called “artificial”?

[K/U, 2]

26. The evolution of Drug-Resistance HIV. Within a few weeks of treatment with drug X, a
patient’s HIV population consists entirely of X-resistant HIV. Explain how this rapid
evolution of drug resistance is an example of natural selection.

[A, 4]
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27. Plant breeders have bred many plants to make it easier to transport them from one
location to another. That is one reason you now see fruits and vegetables from around
the world in your grocery story. What sorts of traits do you think the plant breeders look
for to allow transportation of food across great distances? List three.

[T/I, 3]

28. Why is it rare to find fossils that include soft body parts, such as organs?

[T/I, 1]

29.
a) According to each of the three above graphs, what has happened in each
situation?

[A, 3]
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b) What factors or conditions may have led to the change shown in Graph A?
Present a likely scenario.

[T/I, 3]
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30. Some animals have evolved protective colouration. Examine the image below.

a) What does this pattern represent?

[K/U, 1]

b) Why does natural selection favour the evolution of this pattern

[T/I, 2]

31. An athlete breaks her leg. Years later, she has a child who walks with a limp. Is this an
example of evolution? Explain your answer.

[A, 2]
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32. Construct a cladogram using the information provided in the table below.

Organism Specialized Amniotic Hair Retractable

Shearing Egg Claws
Teeth

Dog ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌

Lizard ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌

Cat ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Frog ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌

Kangaroo ❌ ✅ ✅ ❌

[C, 5]