TMA1/BIO307

My TMA Home TMA Results My Pending TMA Quick Help My TMATMA InstructionCourse DetailTMA CalendarGrading Message BoardQuick InfoInstructor Message Quiz NoteQuiz Tip - 1Quix Tip - 2 TMA Quiz Questions TMA: TMA1/BIO307 Matric Number:  SCORE=9.00 BIO307 - Evolution Dr. Chukwu Maureen (mchukwu@noun.edu.ng ) 1 Which of the following repalced the morphological species concept? Molecular biology concept Pre zygotic concept Biological concept Biotechnology concept 2 Which of the following is /are seen as been important in neo Darwinian theory of natural selection ? I Mutation II Speciation III Variation I only II only II and III I and III 3 The gene flow between distantly related species is a _____ trasnfer. Vertical Horizontal Diagonal Hexagonal 4 Gene flow between more disatntly related species occur____ Regularly Frequently Randomly Infequently 5 In some closely relatedspecies, fertile hybrids canresult from ___ Interspecific mating Intra specific mating Asexual reproduction Specific mating 6 A set of alleles that is usually inherited in a group is called ___ Diplotype Haplotype Monotype Homotype 7 The over all rate of genetic drift is dependent on ____ Mutation Gene flow Population size Change in allelic frequencies 8 Allelic frequencies can change due to ___ Chance Point mutation Nonesense mutation Genetic flow 9 Which of the following is not true of natural selection? It is the naturalistic equivalent to domestic breeding It preserves a functional adavntage that enable a specie to compete better It is one of the mechanisms of adaptive evolution It removes unfit variance as they arise via mutation 10 Natural selection is based on concept of ___ Competition Fitness Survival acceptance 11 The following are facts from which natural selection flow except: A heritable variation exist within population of organisms Leathal conditions can lead to extiction of a sect Organisms produce more offsring than can survive The offspring vary in their ability to survive and reproduce 12 The following mechanisms can lead to changes in allele frequencies except: Genetic drift Genetic hitchhoking Gene flow Immigration 13 ____ Penned that nothing in biology makes sense ecept in the light of evolution? Dobzhansky Wright Fisher Weismann 14 Who among the following developed the idea of mechanism of natural selection after reading Thomas Maltheus essay Ion the priciples of population ? I Darwin II Russel III Lamarck I only II only I and II all of the above 15 ____ is considered the father of modern taxonomy Aristotle Carolus Linnnaeus Charles Darwin Immanuel Kant 16 ___ Speculated that organisms may come from asingle ancestral source based on similarities between them Charles Darwin Aristotle Immanuel Kant Carolus Linnaeus 17 The theory of evolution by natural selection was formulated by? Carolus Linnnaeus Charles Darwin Immnauel Kant Aristotle 18 Which of the following had shaped the existing pattern of biodiversity? I speaciation II Mutation III Extinction I only II only II and III I and III 19 Which of the following best describe eveoution? The divergence and repaeted spaeaciation in life Living things can appear fully from inorganic matter A series of changes across successive geneations in a biological population Change in frequencies of alleles. 20 When did life originate on earth? 3.7 billion years ago 3.0 billion years ago 3.2 billion years ago 3,5 billion years ago