Chapter 011 – The Forces of Evolutionary Change Key
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Antibiotic resistance is becoming more common in disease-causing bacteria because:
A. Antibiotics are used in feed for livestock
B. Antibiotics are sometimes prescribed for viral infections (due to pressure from patients)
C. Some patients do not take the antibiotics as directed
D. Antibiotics are used to treat infections in cattle, chickens, and other animals used for agricultural purposes
E. All are correct
BLOOM’S LEVEL: 1. Remember
LEARNING OUTCOME: 11.00.01 Explain the forces that drive microevolution.
SECTION: 11.01
TOPIC: Evolution—Population Genetics
2. Genetic change in a population over time defines which of the following?
A. Heredity
B. Mitosis
C. Phenotype
D. Evolution
E. Genotype
BLOOM’S LEVEL: 1. Remember
LEARNING OUTCOME: 11.00.01 Explain the forces that drive microevolution.
SECTION: 11.01
TOPIC: Evolution—Population Genetics
3. The French naturalist, who in 1749 became one of the first scientists to suggest that closely related species arose from a common ancestor and were changing, was:
A. Charles Darwin
B. Georges Buffon
C. James Hutton
D. Georges Cuvier
E. Charles Lyell
BLOOM’S LEVEL: 1. Remember
LEARNING OUTCOME: 11.00.01 Explain the forces that drive microevolution.
SECTION: 11.01
TOPIC: Evolution—Darwin
4. In 1785, the theory of uniformitarianism was proposed by:
A. James Hutton
B. Charles Darwin
C. Georges Cuvier
D. Georges Buffon
E. Charles Lyell
BLOOM’S LEVEL: 1. Remember
LEARNING OUTCOME: 11.00.01 Explain the forces that drive microevolution.
SECTION: 11.01
TOPIC: Evolution—Darwin
5. The scientist who was the first to recognize the principle of superposition was:
A. Charles Darwin
B. Georges Cuvier
C. James Hutton
D. Georges Buffon
E. Charles Lyell
BLOOM’S LEVEL: 1. Remember
LEARNING OUTCOME: 11.00.01 Explain the forces that drive microevolution.
SECTION: 11.01
TOPIC: Evolution—Darwin
6. The French taxonomist, who in 1809 was the first scientist to suggest that organisms that use one part of their body repeatedly would increase their abilities, was:
A. Charles Darwin
B. James Hutton
C. Jean Lamarck
D. Georges Buffon
E. Charles Lyell
BLOOM’S LEVEL: 1. Remember
LEARNING OUTCOME: 11.00.01 Explain the forces that drive microevolution.
SECTION: 11.01
TOPIC: Evolution—Darwin
7. The geologist who, in 1830, renewed the idea of uniformitarianism by showing that gradual changes in some organisms could be represented in successive fossil layers was:
A. Charles Darwin
B. Charles Lyell
C. James Hutton
D. Jean Lamarck
E. Georges Buffon
BLOOM’S LEVEL: 1. Remember
LEARNING OUTCOME: 11.00.01 Explain the forces that drive microevolution.
SECTION: 11.01
TOPIC: Evolution—Darwin
8. The scientist who published “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” in 1859 was:
A. James Hutton
B. Jean Lamarck
C. Georges Buffon
D. Charles Darwin
E. Charles Lyell
BLOOM’S LEVEL: 1. Remember
LEARNING OUTCOME: 11.00.01 Explain the forces that drive microevolution.
SECTION: 11.01
TOPIC: Evolution—Darwin
9. Convergent evolution means:
A. That organisms living in similar habitats may develop similar traits even though they are not closely related
B. Different organisms will never have similar traits
C. That evolution converges on a desired body form based on an external plan or design
D. That all species will eventually have the same traits
E. That some life forms are more evolved and therefore superior to other life forms
BLOOM’S LEVEL: 1. Remember
LEARNING OUTCOME: 11.01.01 Summarize the evidence Darwin used to develop his theory of evolution by natural selection.
SECTION: 11.01
TOPIC: Evolution—Speciation
10. A gradual change from an ancestral type was referred to by Darwin as:
A. Uniformitarianism
B. Descent with modification
C. Catastrophism
D. Convergent evolution
E. Principle of superposition
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