BIOL 3454 Section 001Exam 1Version AMULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question 1 The person responsible for our current taxonomic system was 1 A Charles DarwinB Gregor MendelC Carolus LinnaeusD Charles LyellE Charlie Darwood2 In a cladogram an individual node can completely rotate to the opposite position withoutchanging the relationships depicted in the tree 2 A TrueB False3 The example we viewed in class as an example of variation in reproductive mode was 3 A avoidance on inbreeding depression through MHC locus recognitionB coachwhip snakes fightingC intrauterine cannibalism in sand tiger sharksD chromosomal speciation in gray treefrogsE mantis shrimp attacking a crab4 A monophyletic group is also known as a 4 A phylogenyB cladeC gradeD characterE paraphyletic group5 Sympatric speciation is 5 A rare in animals and plantsB common in animals but rare in plantsC common in animals and plantsD rare in animals but common in plantsE nonexistent6 What was the title of Carolus Linnaeus most historically recognized work 6 A The Catalog of Animals and PlantsB The Origin of SpeciesC EvolutionD Systema NaturaeE Phylogenetic Systematics7 Which of these is not a property of life 7 A developmentB stasisC metabolismD genetic materialE reproduction1 8 Who developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium 8 A Alfred Russel WallaceB Joel CracraftC Stephen Jay GouldD Charles DarwinE Bob Marley9 The theory of evolution by means of natural selection was developed by and 9 A Charles Darwin and Charles LyellB Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel WallaceC Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry HuxleyD atheists and agnosticsE Alfred Russel Wallace and Ernst Mayr10 In philosophy causality that deals with questions involving why things occur is 10 A ultimate causalityB mechanistic causalityC the result of inbreedingD cause and effectE proximate causality11 Orthogenesis is a historical term in evolutionary biology that has some historical significance Anexample of the term being applied incorrectly to an evolutionary scenario is 11 A chromosomal speciationB inbreeding depressionC the evolution of horse foot and leg morphologyD the extinction of the Irish elkE life finds a way12 A group containing members with different common ancestors is a group 12 A paraphyleticB taxonomicC monophyleticD gradeE polyphyletic13 What is the eusocial mammal we discussed in class 13 A coachwhip snakeB kangaroo ratC paper waspD naked mole ratE Miley Cyrus14 Inheritance of acquired characteristics was proposed as an evolutionary mechanism by 14 A HuxleyB WallaceC LamarckD DarwinE Hennig15 In our current taxonomic system which is the LEAST inclusive group listed 15 A KingdomB GenusC FamilyD ClassE Domain2 16 HBD Kettlewell studied the effects of predation on the frequency of color morphs in the pepperedmoth in England in the 1950 s This is one of the first explicit tests of 16 A the scientific methodB intrauterine cannibalismC natural selectionD how birds like to eat bugsE sexual selection17 characteristics of a system that would not be apparent from looking at the parts separately arecalled 17 A metabolic propertiesB emergent propertiesC cladistic propertiesD animal propertiesE chemical properties18 Based on evidence presented in the next sentence under which species concepts doRhagoletis fliesmeet the criteria to be considered full species The two groups of flies mate assortatively based onniche apple or hawthorn tree and do not interbreed freely in the wild Answer choices biologicalspecies concept BSC phylogenetic species concept PSC ecological species concept EcSC 18 A The BSC and PSC but not the EcSCB The BSC PSC and EcSCC The PSC but not the BSC and EcSCD The BSC but not the PSC and EcSCE None of the species concepts presented19 One of the problems with the phylogenetic species concept is 19 A it emphasizes reproductive isolationB it does not account for hybridization between lineages when delimiting speciesC it was developed too late to be of much useD it is not testable20 Which of these has the most evidence associated with it AND is generally the highest level ofcertainty we typically deal with in the science of biology 20 A hypothesisB theoryC law3