Tuesday, December 29, 2015

BIO 101 Macroevolution Quiz (UMUC)


BIO 101 Macroevolution Quiz (UMUC)

  1. Which of the following is true?
  2. Which form of speciation occurs while the organisms are living in the same geographic area?
  3. How might phylogenetics help scientists fight a new flu outbreak?
  4. According to the data presented here, modern birds are most closely related to
  5. The formation of new biological lineages is called _____________.
  6. Which of the following terms would contain all of the other terms within it i.e. which is the most inclusive.
  7. Speciation is the formation of a new
  8. A swarm of insects blows out to sea in a storm. They arrive at a tiny island and form a new population. After many generations, they have diverged from the source population on the mainland. The result is an island-specific (endemic) species with a close relative on the mainland. This is an example of ____________.
  9. Which best sums up the relationship between microevolution and macroevolution?
  10. On the phylogenetic tree diagram above, what is at the branch point labeled “3?”

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