SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS FROM 2001BIO
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EXAMPLES OF Multiple choice. From the choices given, put the
letter corresponding to the BEST answer in the space provided.
One point each.
_____ 1. In your textbook (and in a slide during lecture) there
was a detailed diagram of the evolution (including bone
structure) of which of the following animals showing a sequence
of forms from very different ancestors to modern day forms:
a. giraffes
b. glyptodonts
c. cattle
d. horses
e. zebras
f. none of the above
_____ 2. Selection for increased milk production, speed in race
horses, high egg production in chickens are all examples of:
a. stabilizing selection
b. disruptive selection
c. directional selection
d. random selection
e. none of the above
_____ 3. A slide was shown in class including a Mexican grass
known as teosinte which has a very small fruiting structure
(there was also an illustration in your textbook). This grass can
hybridize with and is very similar to a plant that you know well.
This example was used in a discussion of:
a. comparative biochemistry or molecular biology
b. geographic distribution
c. fossil evidence
d. comparative morphology & anatomy
e. observed small changes in nature
f. comparative embryology
g. observed changes in domesticated animals and cultivated plants
_____ 4. Based on Bergmanns Rule and our knowledge of house
sparrows after their introduction into North America, in which of
the following cities would we expect to find the largest
sparrows:
a. Miami
b. Dallas
c. Sherman
d. St. Louis
e. Chicago
_____ 5. In class you saw a slide of a fish that could move from
pond to pond. That fish was used as an analogy of which of the
following:
a. succession of forms through time
b. stratigraphy
c. scientific creationism
d. transitional forms
e. comparative molecular biology
f. vestigial structures
_____ 6. Which of the following concepts discussed in class
assumes an extraterrestrial influence on the origin of life on
Earth:
a. panspermia
b. chemosynthetic origin of life
c. exotectozooia
d. hypogeophilia
e. none of the above
EXAMPLES OF Fill in the blanks. One point each.
1. In your textbook, order, sensitivity, regulation, and
homeostasis were all given as characteristics of _________.
2. One of the articles given out in class was titled, Third
Branch of Life Bares Its Genes. What is the name of this
third branch? __________________________________
3. In which half of what century was Darwin born?
__________________________
4. In a phrase, explain what an extremeophile is (from your
textbook).
____________________________________________________________________________________
5. The experiment in which numerous generations of mice had their
tails cut off disproves what mechanism of
evolution/heredity? __________________________________
6. Ideas or concepts that go under the disguise of science but
have no actual scientific basis (they are not
backed up by evidence; examples include astrology and creation
"science") were discussed in class as
examples of ______________________________.
7. Why are all of the species of Galapagos finches similar in
many ways? ___________________________
8. The pelvis of a snake, your appendix, the hip bones of a
whale, and the reduced eyes of a blind cave catfish are all
examples of _______________________________ structures.
9. What major concept did Lynn Margulis develop in detail?
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EXAMPLES OF True/False. Put a T or F in the space provided. One
point each.
_____ 1. Darwin got his degree in the study of geology and
zoology and was thus well prepared for his
voyage on the Beagle.
_____ 2. If you went to the Grand Canyon, you would expect to
find the oldest fossils in rocks near
the bottom of the canyon.
_____ 3. The closest continent to the Galapagos Islands is Africa
_____ 4. Darwin published the Origin of Species in
1839, shortly after his return from the voyage of the Beagle.
_____ 5. Darwin was the first person to develop a theory of
evolution of living things.
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