Ethiopia Grade 12 Biology: Unit 4 Evolution Questions Answers:

The common ancestor of modern humans and chimpanzees lived about:

Divergent evolution is an alternative name for:

Which of the following is the best definition of a chemo-autotroph?

It is true to say that:

Comparative embryology provides evidence of evolution because:

Allopatric speciation involves:

Darwin’s theory of natural selection was based on the observations that:

In the past spontaneous generation has suggested that:

The human races are now less likely to evolve into separate species because:

New alleles arising from mutations in a population will:

Analogous structures:

Fertile polyploid organisms could have:

In disruptive selection, the selection pressure operates:

In directional selection, the selection pressure operates:

Homologous structures:

A fossil can be:

Special creationism always suggests that:

In comparing Darwin’s theory of evolution with Lamarck’s, it is true to say that:

Convergent evolution can occur when:

Lucy belonged to the genus:

Neo-Darwinism is a modification of Darwin’s original theory that takes into account:

The sequence of events in fossil formation by permineralisation is:

The first photo-autotrophic organisms were likely to have been:

During hominid evolution, brain size has:

A recent genetic analysis of human populations suggests that there are:

The fact that Ardi was bipedal disproves the idea that:

Which of the following is NOT a primate trait?

A larger brain gave modern humans an increased ability to:

As humans migrated from Africa to colder climates, adaptations that would confer a survival advantage include:

Evolution is best described as:

The theory behind using protein biochemistry to classify organisms is:

Which of the following statements does not describe why imprinting by goslings is adaptive behaviour (has survival value)?

Darwin’s finches were able to evolve into 14 different species from one ancestral type because:

Fossils over 10 million years old are best dated by:

All forms of the cosmozoan (panspermia) theory suggest that:

It is true to say that modern humans are:

The scientists who developed the theory of abiogenesis were:

In stabilising selection, the selection pressure operates:

Sympatric speciation involves:

A gene pool is:

In DNA hybridisation, the similarity between DNA of two species is determined by:

Plant and animal breeding provide evidence of evolution because:

In sympatric speciation, the isolating mechanism could be:

As a result of natural selection, those most adapted to an environment survive to reproduce in the greatest numbers because:

All forms of the biochemical theory (abiogenesis) suggest that:

Although now discredited, Lamarck’s work is regarded as important because he attempted to explain:

The wings of a bird and a pterodactyl are the result of:

From the time when oxygen was first produced on the planet, it took approximately how many years for the levels to begin to rise?

The eternity of life theory suggests that:

Bacterial populations can develop a resistance to antibiotics. Which of the factors listed below does NOT contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance?