BIO 101 EXAM 4 ASSESSMENT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is a true statement about Charles Darwin
Answer: Charles Darwin proposed natural selection as the
mechanism of evolution.
◉ Which of the following is a true statement about Alfred Russel
Wallace
Answer: He became known as the father of biogeography
-some argue that Alfred should be given primary credit over Darwin
for discovering the theory of evolution by means of natural selection
-he developed a theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
◉ natural selection
Answer: A process in which individuals that have certain inherited
traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other
individuals because of those traits.
◉ Fossils are most likely to be found in
, Answer: sedimentary rock
◉ Animals that possess homologous structures
Answer: Have common ancestry, evolved from the same ancestor
◉ The approach to evolution that involves the study of structures
during organismal development is known as the study of
Answer: Developmental biology?
◉ The similarity of early fish, frog, bird, and human embryos is
evidence for
Answer: Common ancestry
◉ Evidence from molecular biology supports the theory of evolution
by showing that
Answer: Closely related organisms have more similar DNA and
proteins
◉ In natural selection. Determines which phenotypes are successful
Answer: Current conditions in the local environment
◉ changes in allele frequencies and large-scale evolutionary changes
in organisms are really the same thing in terms of the underlined
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following is a true statement about Charles Darwin
Answer: Charles Darwin proposed natural selection as the
mechanism of evolution.
◉ Which of the following is a true statement about Alfred Russel
Wallace
Answer: He became known as the father of biogeography
-some argue that Alfred should be given primary credit over Darwin
for discovering the theory of evolution by means of natural selection
-he developed a theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
◉ natural selection
Answer: A process in which individuals that have certain inherited
traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other
individuals because of those traits.
◉ Fossils are most likely to be found in
, Answer: sedimentary rock
◉ Animals that possess homologous structures
Answer: Have common ancestry, evolved from the same ancestor
◉ The approach to evolution that involves the study of structures
during organismal development is known as the study of
Answer: Developmental biology?
◉ The similarity of early fish, frog, bird, and human embryos is
evidence for
Answer: Common ancestry
◉ Evidence from molecular biology supports the theory of evolution
by showing that
Answer: Closely related organisms have more similar DNA and
proteins
◉ In natural selection. Determines which phenotypes are successful
Answer: Current conditions in the local environment
◉ changes in allele frequencies and large-scale evolutionary changes
in organisms are really the same thing in terms of the underlined
