test 3

Question 1

It caused the climate on one side of the mountain to receive more rain and less rain on the other
side

Answer 1

Rain shadow

Question 2

A vestigial organ is based on

Answer 2

a structure of an organism that have no known function

Question 3

The most important differences between species of finches found in the Galapagos Islands are

Answer 3

beak size and shape and food they eat

Question 4

The ALX1 protein is necessary for normal development of the head and face, particularly the
formation of the eyes, nose and mouth. This gene is responsible for the

Answer 4

beak adaptations of Darwin’s finches

Question 5

The change from the light-colored typica and the darker-color carbonaria of peppered moth

Answer 5

natural selection
survival of the fittest
struggle for existence all of these responses

Question 6

The remains of “leg bones” in some constrictor snakes best represents an example of

Answer 6

vestigial organs

Question 7

Homologous organs are

Answer 7

similar physical features in organisms that share a common ancestor but have different functions
whale fins and deer forelegs

Question 8

The geologist whose work had a profound effect on Charles Darwin was

Answer 8

Charles Lyell

Question 9

The first horse to appear on Earth

Answer 9

had toes instead of hooves

Question 10

Which hominin was already in ice age Europe when Homo sapiens arrived

Answer 10

Homo neanderthal

Question 11

Progathism is best illustrated by

Answer 11

the jaw protruding outward

Question 12

The position of the foramen magnum indicates

Answer 12

bipedalism

Question 13

The Latolei foot prints were discovered on which continent?

Answer 13

Africa

Question 14

The Latolei foot prints supplied evidence that

Answer 14

Australopithecus afarensis was bipedal

Question 15

This hominin was nicknamed Lucy

Answer 15

Australopithecus afarensis

Question 16

The idea that the food supply would someday be insufficient to feed humans was first
proposed by

Answer 16

Thomas Malthus

Question 17

This pathogen causes Lyme disease

Answer 17

Borrelia burgdorferi

Question 18

Clostridium perfringens is the pathogen that causes

Answer 18

gas gangrene

Question 19

A round shape bacteria is called

Answer 19

coccus

Question 20

A slight bent rod shape of bacteria is the

Answer 20

vibrio

Question 21

Transmission by these bacteria causes dysentery when consuming contaminated water or food

Answer 21

Vibrio cholerae

Question 22

One flagellum on both ends of bacteria are called

Answer 22

amphitrichous

Question 23

E. coli O157:H7 causes

Answer 23

food poisoning

Question 24

Typhoid Mary was a carrier of typhoid fever. The bacteria causing typhoid belongs to
the genus

Answer 24

Salmonella

Question 25

A rod shape bacteria is called

Answer 25

bacillus

Question 26

Flagella covering a bacterial cell are called

Answer 26

peritrichous

Question 27

Yersinia pestis causes

Answer 27

bubonic plague

Question 28

Peptic ulcers can be caused by this bacterium

Answer 28

Helicobacter pylori

Question 29

When the nail punctures the foot of this individual, what disease could be contracted?

Answer 29

tetanus