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Evolutionary Biology Quiz #1 Medium - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 20 times
- The average score is 5 of 15
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What ship did Charles Darwin travel on to survey the coasts and islands of South America? | HMS Beagle | 67%
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| Through what process do humans "manipulate" evolution to produce desirable traits? | Selective breeding | 60%
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| An "explosion" of animal diversity occurred in what period around 500 million years ago? | Cambrian period | 47%
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| What is it called when two or more species evolve similar traits independently? | Convergent evolution | 47%
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| What term describes the survival and reproductive success of an organism? | Fitness | 40%
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| Chimpanzees and bonobos are our closest living relatives. To what genus do they belong? | Pan | 40%
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| What is the name for a body part that has lost all or most of its function? | Vestigial | 33%
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| Some experts have called for a new geological age characterized by intensive human activity. What is it called? | Anthropocene | 27%
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| What group of marine mammals, including whales, evolved from land-living ancestors? | Cetaceans | 27%
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| An example of the above is the cephalopod ___, which is similar to that of a mammal. | Eye | 27%
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| Who popularised the gene-centered view of evolution in The Selfish Gene? | Richard Dawkins | 27%
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| We can see evolution in real time, for example, in bacteria via what phenomenon? | Antibiotic resistance | 20%
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| What term describes species evolving in response to interactions with each other? | Coevolution | 13%
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| What evolutionary process can favour behaviours that are helpful? | Kin selection | 7%
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| Fossils showing change over time can be found in layers of rock known as what? | Strata | 7%
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