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5 Written Questions

1. Somewhat similar species to those on the mainland, with traits that suited their particular environments
2. Food availability affected beak size
3. In South America
4. Sedimentary
5. True

5 Matching Questions

1. In humans, the pelvis and femur bone, or thigh bone, are involved in walking. In whales, the pelvis and femur are...
2. The number and location of bones of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates. Most biologists would probably explain this fact on the basis of...
3. The oldest fossils are approximately 3.5 billion years old.
4. In the 1800's, Charles Lyell emphasized that...
5. In their work, th Grants discovered that following a long period of drought the available seed types favored ground finches with smaller beaks.

1. a Gradual geological events in the past could explain the physical features of today's Earth
2. b Vestigial structures
3. c True
4. d A common ancestor
5. e False

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. False
   1. Darwin throughly enjoyed the tine he spent at sea.
   2. Antibiotics are medicines that...
   3. A bottleneck effect may...
   4. Sickle cell disease is more common in...
2. Popualtions can grow faster than the rate at which food and resources can be produced
   1. In the 1800's, Charles Lyell emphasized that...
   2. The economist Thomas Malthus suggested that
   3. Antibiotics are medicines that...
   4. A bottleneck effect may...
3. Heterozygous (1 sickle cell allele)
   1. What genotype is the most beneficial for individuals living in regions where malaria is common?
   2. When farmers select animals or plants to use for breeding, they look for...
   3. Fossils are most likely to be found in which type of rock?
   4. A change in the gene pool of a population due to chance is called...
4. Africans
   1. Sickle cell disease is more common in...
   2. A bottleneck event is considered a type of...
   3. A bottleneck effect may...
   4. Antibiotics are medicines that...
5. Gene pool
   1. The combined alleles of all the individuals that make up a population is the population's
   2. Biological fitness is the ability of the individual to
   3. A change in the gene pool of a population due to chance is called...
   4. Artificial selection is similar to natural selection in that both processes...

5 True/False Question

1. Scientists who study life through the fossil record are called... → Genetic drift
   

   True        False

2. When farmers select animals or plants to use for breeding, they look for... → Inherited traits that are of value to humans
   

   True        False

3. Selective breeding as practiced by farmers is also called natural selection. → False
   

   True        False

4. A bottleneck event is considered a type of... → Genetic drift
   

   True        False

5. If an organisms preyed upon by another organism evolves to become better adapted, it is likely the predator in question will also evolve. → True
   

   True        False