Biology - Evolution and Speciation - Quiz - Tracy Butler | Library

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What are the two key points of Darwin's Theory of Evolution?

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A bird wing and a bat wing have very different internal structures, but both allow the organism to fly
A human has an appendix and a tailbone
Structural features with a common evolutionary origin
A dog's front leg and a human's arm have almost identical bone structure
Body parts that do not have a commom evolutionary origin but are similar in function
A body structure in a present day organism that no longer serves its original purpose

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Some seeds have a mutation that makes them more sticky, so they are able to stay on pollinators longer
Can lead to a change in allele frequency
A hurricane wipes out half the beach rose plants on a beach
A hurricane wipes out the beach plants that have shallow roots, but the ones with deep roots survive
Leads to evolution
Completely random
Some seeds blow on the wind and end up on a new island
Caused by environmental pressure

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
prezygotic barriers		single-cell fertilized egg
zygote		multicellular early stage of development (pre-birth)
embryo		prevent organisms from mating and producing a fertilized egg
postzygotic barriers		prevent fertilized eggs from becoming fertile offspring that survive and reproduce

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Two groups of flies live in the same area. One group has a mutation that causes them to prefer the dark, so this group is awake and active at night, while the other group is awake and active during the day. As a result, they never interbreed.
A type of bird bases mating choices on elaborate dances by the male. A mutation causes some males to be unable to dance, but a small group of females prefer this, so they become a separate group.
A large warehouse is built in the middle of a field, separating two groups of click beetles.
A donkey and zebra can produce a zonkey, but a zonkey cannot have babies.
Long-stemmed roses and beach roses can produce fertilized seeds and grow new plants, but the plants have weak root systems and die before they are fully grown.
A common coqui frog and a whistling coqui mate and produce eggs, but the embryos never develop and the eggs never hatch.