7.14 Multiple Choice Questions

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Facts about the test: The AP Biology exam has 60 multiple choice questions and you will be given 1 hour 30 minutes to complete the section. That means it should take you around 15 minutes to complete 10 questions.

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1. For natural selection to occur, a population must have:

A. genetic variation

B. struggle to survive/competition

C. differential reproductive success

D. all of these

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A. stronger and faster

B. Higher reproductive success

C. older and wiser

D. beneficial mutations

A. most fit individual

B. genotype

C. phenotype

D. hardy-Weinberg

A. artificial selection

B. natural selection

C. convergent evolution

D. divergent evolution

A. Dolphins and sharks, although unrelated, share a similar adaptation: fins

B. Adaptive radiation of Galapagos finches

C. A population of beetles experience a change in allele frequency due to increased predation

D. Two populations of zebras become separated by a barrier and overtime become different species

A. must have similar habitats

B. have the most genetic divergence

C. share a similar common ancestor

D. show fewer DNA similarities

A. vestigial structures

B. analogous structures

C. homologous structure

D. none of these

A. rate of decay of isotopes

B. age of nearby rocks

C. geographical data

D. all of these

A. the advantageous allele mutates to a disadvantageous one

B. different environment, different selective pressure

C. different environments produce the same selective pressure

D. the environment changes depending on the allele

A. evolutionary relationships between organisms

B. similarities of embryonic development

C. similarities in morphology

D. quantifiable nucleotide differences

A. comparisons of morphology

B. amino acid sequences

C. nucleotide sequences

D. derived characteristics

A. the organism with the least differences

B. the organism with the most differences

C. the organism with the most similarities

D. the organism who looks different from the rest

A. the homozygous dominant phenotype

B. heterozygous genotype

C. homozygous recessive genotype

D. homozygous dominant genotype

14. A H-W problem gives you the frequency of the dominant trait. You begin solving by:

A. Setting that frequency to p2

B. Setting that frequency to q2

C. Use that frequency to find the frequency of the dominant allele

D. Use that frequency to find frequency of the recessive phenotype

A. New niches become available allowing different species to take advantage of resources

B. Extinction events occur during periods of environmental stress

C. extinction events have occurred throughout earth's history

D. Humans can cause extinction events