Darwin finches on the Galapagos Islands are an excellent example of:
1. Disruptive selection
2. Inheritance of acquired characters
3. Adaptive radiation
4. Convergent evolution
The presence of the monotremes and marsupials in the Australian continent can be explained by:
1. Convergent evolution
2. Adaptive radiation
3. Punctuated equilibrium
4. Gene flow
The similarities between the eyes of an octopus and of a mammal are a result of:
1. Convergent evolution
2. Divergent evolution
3. Saltation
4. Retrograde evolution
Which of the following would lead to deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
1. Random mating
2. Lack of mutations
3. No gene flow or gene migration
4. Natural selection
The now extinct reptile group that evolved into mammals was:
1. Therapsids
2. Dinosaurs
3. Thecodants
4. Sauropsids
Identify the correct statement:
1. Dryopithecus was more man like than Ramapithecus
2. Homo Habilis probably did not eat meat
3. Homo Erectus had a cranial capacity of around 800 cc
4. Agriculture came around 18000 years ago
Most fossils are found in:
1. Granite
2. Sedimentary rocks
3. Lava flows
4. Black soil
Darwin believed that certain parts of the body get larger and more complex through the generations because they :
1. are used more extensively than other parts
2. contribute to greater reproductive success
3. are pre-determined to do so
4. are most similar to God's perfection
The wings of a bird and that of an insect are:
1. Analogous structures
2. Homologous structure
3. Vestigial structures
4. Useless structures
Directional selection favours:
(1) Both extremes of a trait
(2) Intermediate form of a trait
(3) Environmental differences
(4) One extreme form over the other extreme form and over intermediate forms of the trait