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Biology 20 AP: Evolution practice testwith complete solutions
Organisms that survive mass extinctions - Answers -Often diversify,taking advantage of
new opportunties
Pangaea - Answers -Was a land mass that broke up to form the present day continents
Which of the following best would cast doubt on the asteroid-impact hypothesis for
extinction of the dinosaurs? - Answers -Finding fossil dinosaur bones above a layer of
iridium,a mineral uncommon on earth
The science of naming and classify organisms is called - Answers -Taxonomy
Most of the time,species are identified by their appearance,why? - Answers -This is the
most convenient way of identifying species
Which of the following taxonomic categories contains all the others - Answers -class
two animals in the same family would not have be in the same - Answers -Genus
Until recently, most biologists classified living things into five kingdom. A newer scheme
recognizes three basic groups,called domains. The domains are: - Answers -Eukaryotes
and two kinds of prokaryotes
A phylogenetic tree of birds families would most clearly show which of the following? -
Answers -Evolutionary relationships among families
The oldest fossils usually - Answers -are found in the deepest strata
The wings of birds and insects have the same function,but they don't have the same
evolutionary origin. Birds and insects wings are - Answers -Analogous
Fossils of ancient tropical plants are currently found near the poles because the: -
Answers -plants lived in the tropics, but landmasses have drifted to current locations.
Animals that possess homologous structures probably _____. - Answers -evolved from
the same ancestor
The breeding of plants and animals for particular traits by humans is called
__________. - Answers -artificial selection
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