BIOL 133 Week 16 Quiz

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Week 16 Quiz

 

Question 1

Humans belong in the phylum Chordata. The name Chordata is also known as the

  A. clade

  B. polytomy

  C. parsimony

  D. scientific name

  E. taxon

 

 

Question 2

The only taxonomic name not capitalized is the ________.

  A. domain

  B. kingdom

  C. species

  D. genus

  E. family

 

Question 3

In homologous structures like the wings of a bat and the wings of a bird, it isn’t just the wings that make them homologous. It is due to the more complicated

  A. skin and follicle covering

  B. number and arrangement of bones

  C. blood vessel and lymph circulation

  D. distance from trunk and width of appendage

 

 

Question 4

Organisms in a specific clade would not only have structural features in common, but also share what other types of features?

  A. same number of genes

  B. molecular

  C. habitat

  D. behaviors

 

Question 5

What is the proper way of writing the scientific name for humans?

  A. homo sapiens

  B. Homo Sapiens

  C. homo Sapiens

  D. Homo sapiens

  E. Homo Sapiens

 

 

Question 6

When a gene is passed to bacteria of a different species that brings with it an important feature, the resulting bacteria would provide complications in determining ________.

  A. fitness

  B. phylogenies

  C. survival

  D. descendents

 

 

 

Question 7

 

Since phylogenetic trees are essentially ________, they are subject to revision as new information is obtained

  A. hypotheses

  B. unkowable

  C. theories

  D. difficult to construct

 

Question 8

 

Evidence has been gathered over the years that indicate mitochondria and chloroplasts were once bacteria. This idea is termed

  A. the eukaryote-first hypothesis

  B. the origins issue

  C. the endosymbiont theory

  D. the web of life

 

Question 9

The idea of maximum parsimony derives from the assumption that traits are more likely to be passed down from an ancestor rather than ________.

 A. newly developed

  B. originating in a common ancestor

  C. passed down from descendants

  D. always present

 

 

Question 10

What type of event is usually associated with each branch on a phylogenetic tree?

 

  A. mutational disruption

  B. morphological convergence

  C. the evolution of a new feature

  D. the formation of a vestigial structure