Question 1

North America is considered part of which realm?

Accepted Answer

A)  Neotropical 
B)  Nearctic 
C)  Palearctic 
D)  Ethiopian 
E)  Australian

Question 2

Tapirs are currently found in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Europe and Asia 
B)  Europe and South America 
C)  Asia and South America 
D)  Africa and Asia 
E)  Africa and South America

Question 3

A common, long-lived parrot, with good dispersal ability lives in the forests of Puerto Rico. It has high reproductive ability and high population variability. Which of the following species characteristics threaten it with extinction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rarity. 
B)  Dispersal ability. 
C)  Reproductive ability. 
D)  Population variability 
E)  Life span.

Question 4

Which present day land mass did not make up part of Gondwanaland?

Accepted Answer

A)  South America 
B)  Africa 
C)  Antarctica 
D)  Australia 
E)  Asia

Question 5

Sympatric speciation has only been proposed for plants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The idea that, in an ever changing world, species must continually evolve and change in order not to go extinct has been called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Punctuated equilibrium 
B)  Gradualism 
C)  The red queen hypothesis 
D)  Pseudoextinction 
E)  Convergent evolution

Question 7

Which is not a possible mechanism for allopatric speciation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Separation of populations by a river 
B)  Separation of populations by a mountain range 
C)  Separation of populations on different islands 
D)  Separation of populations on co-occurring host plants

Question 8

What is not a recognized pattern of natural selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  Directional 
B)  Stabilizing 
C)  Evolutionary 
D)  Balancing 
E)  Disruptive

Question 9

The biological species concept is applicable to asexually reproducing species such as bacteria.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to the evolutionary species concept how many differences in a DNA sequence is sufficient to separate groups into species?

Accepted Answer

A)  1,000 
B)  10,000 
C)  50,000 
D)  100,000 
E)  It has not yet been decided

Question 11

The tendency for animals to become larger over evolutionary time is known as _______rule.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bergmans 
B)  Copes 
C)  Allens 
D)  Glocks 
E)  Kings

Question 12

Generally, rare species are more prone to extinction than common species.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Natural Selection, Speciation, and Extinction

North America is considered part of which realm?

Tapirs are currently found in:

A common, long-lived parrot, with good dispersal ability lives in the forests of Puerto Rico. It has high reproductive ability and high population variability. Which of the following species characteristics threaten it with extinction?

Which present day land mass did not make up part of Gondwanaland?

Sympatric speciation has only been proposed for plants.

The idea that, in an ever changing world, species must continually evolve and change in order not to go extinct has been called:

Which is not a possible mechanism for allopatric speciation?

What is not a recognized pattern of natural selection?

The biological species concept is applicable to asexually reproducing species such as bacteria.

According to the evolutionary species concept how many differences in a DNA sequence is sufficient to separate groups into species?

The tendency for animals to become larger over evolutionary time is known as _______rule.

Generally, rare species are more prone to extinction than common species.