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The following are conditions under which evolution may take place EXCEPT:
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genetic drift
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mutations
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random mating
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natural selection
Question 2
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Choose the two processes that cause gene flow
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Emmigration/Immigration
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Natural Selection/Random Mating
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Emmigration/Natural Selection
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Immigration/Nonrandom Mating
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Random Mating/Nonrandom Mating
Question 3
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[blank_start]fossils[blank_end] are remains or traces of preexisting organisms
Question 4
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Who developed the idea that geologic processes shaped Earth in the past and continue to operate today?
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Jean Baptiste Lamarck
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Charles Darwin
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Charles Lyell
Question 5
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Which one of the following is NOT one of the assumptions that must be made in order for the Hardy-Weinberg genetic equilibrium to apply to a population?
Question 6
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Genetic drift operates most strongly in large populations
Question 7
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Which of these kingdoms include both unicellular and multicellular forms?
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Plantae/Protista
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Protista/Eubacteria
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Animalia/Archaebacteria
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Protista/Fungi
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Animalia/Eubacteria
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Animalia/Plantae
Question 8
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The science of classifying living things is called:
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Speciation
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Classification
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Taxonomy
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Identificaition
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The correct order of the classification system: [blank_start]Domain[blank_end], [blank_start]Kingdom[blank_end], [blank_start]Phylum[blank_end], [blank_start]Class[blank_end], [blank_start]Order[blank_end], [blank_start]Family[blank_end], [blank_start]Genus[blank_end], [blank_start]Species[blank_end]
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Question 10
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Which of the levels of the classification system are included in "binomial nomenclature"?
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Genus and species
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Domain and kingdom
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Class and order
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All of the levels
Question 11
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Which of the following is used in systematic taxonomy to classify organisms?
Question 12
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The organism Quercus phellos is a member of the genus
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Quercus
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Plantae
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Protista
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phellos
Question 13
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Two organisms in the same class but different orders
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Two organisms in the same order but different families may
Question 15
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Phylogenetic trees depict
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known evolutionary relationships between organisms
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only living organisms
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presumed evolutionary relationships based on physical features only
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presumed evolutionary relationships based on a variety of types of evidence
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Taxonomy is defined as the science of
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studying ribosomal RNA sequencing techniques
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studying reproductive mechanisms and gene flow
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classifying plants according to their uses in agricultural experiments
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grouping organisms according to their characteristics and evolutionary history
Question 17
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Darwin used the phrase "Survival of the Answer
[blank_start]fittest[blank_end]" to describe natural selection, which is the measure of an individual's hereditary contribution to the next generation.