Industrial melanism is an excellent example of ‘evolution in action’ where the selecting agent is:

1.humans2.toxins from smoke
3.birds4.tree bark

Subtopic:  Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence |

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Members belonging to the same biological species are potentially able to:
1. compete with members of other species only
2. express all the same genes in all their cells
3. breed with members of other biological species
4. interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Subtopic:  Modern Theory of Evolution | Concept of Isolation | Concept of Speciation |
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Flowering plants (angiosperms) first appeared during :
1. Paleozoic era
2. Carboniferous period
3. Cretaceous period
4. Cenozoic era

Subtopic:   A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF EVOLUTION |
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Species formation without branching of the evolutionary line of descent is called as:
1. anagenesis, or phyletic evolution
2. cladogenesis, or divergent evolution
3. convergent evolution
4. allopatry

Subtopic:  Modern Theory of Evolution | Natural Selection | Sources of Variation |

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In which of the following groups of organisms is the sympatric speciation most likely to occur?
1. amphibians
2. arthropods
3. plants
4. birds

Subtopic:  Concept of Speciation |

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The wings of an insect and the wings of a bird are examples of:

1. analogous structures 2. homologous structures
3. vestigial structures 4. phylogenetic structures
Subtopic:  Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence |
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The first mammals arose in the _____ period:
1. Carboniferous
2. Jurassic
3. Cretaceous
4. Triassic

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Which theory, regarding the origin of life, is alternatively also called “panspermia”?

1.Special Creation2.Spontaneous Generation
3.Cosmozoan Theory4.Biochemical Evolution

Subtopic:  Other Theories of Origin of Life |
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Population that experience genetic drift most commonly are:
1. isolated
2. small in number
3. mobile
4. closely adapted to their environment

Subtopic:  Difference Between Drift & Selection | Hardy Weinberg Law | Sources of Variation |
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The genetic drift is also called as :
1. Sewall-wright effect
2. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
3. Balanced polymorphism
4. Gene flow

Subtopic:  Difference Between Drift & Selection | Sources of Variation |
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