BIOL 101 QUIZ 7
Question 1
The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with
others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with
such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by
Selected Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
Question 2
Which of the following could be a new mutation needed to generate appropriate
structures for flight feathers? a mutation that:
Selected matches barbule length to the space between feather barbs
Answer:
Question 3
The Design theorist comes to the conclusion that most mutations occurring
today are harmful because
Selected they are deteriorative changes made to something that was
Answer: elegantly designed.
Question 4
Natural selection is limited in its effectiveness in preserving new favorable
mutations in an environment that
Selected Answer: has cyclical variations in its environmental conditions.
Question 5
Which of the following represents three classes of mutations, each of which
affects the evolutionary process differently?
Selected harmful, neutral, helpful mutations
Answer:
, Question 6
“Natural selection is cybernetically blind”. This means that
Selected it does not comprehend the structural hierarchies it is required
Answer: to construct.
Question 7
To a Darwinist, a beneficial mutation
Selected Answer: helps its host to leave more competitive
offspring.
Question 8
Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA
having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?
Selected Answer: neutral
mutations
Question 9
Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of
Selected populations of the same species reproducing in two distinct,
Answer: separate environments and responding to the environments in
different ways.
Question 10
The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real
population if
Selected b) and d) above
Answer:
Question 11
In the early pages of the Genesis record, the first stage of life history could best
Question 1
The sentence, “O you, who look on this our machine, do not be sad that with
others you are fated to die, but rejoice that our Creator has endowed us with
such an excellent instrument as the intellect” was first spoken by
Selected Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
Question 2
Which of the following could be a new mutation needed to generate appropriate
structures for flight feathers? a mutation that:
Selected matches barbule length to the space between feather barbs
Answer:
Question 3
The Design theorist comes to the conclusion that most mutations occurring
today are harmful because
Selected they are deteriorative changes made to something that was
Answer: elegantly designed.
Question 4
Natural selection is limited in its effectiveness in preserving new favorable
mutations in an environment that
Selected Answer: has cyclical variations in its environmental conditions.
Question 5
Which of the following represents three classes of mutations, each of which
affects the evolutionary process differently?
Selected harmful, neutral, helpful mutations
Answer:
, Question 6
“Natural selection is cybernetically blind”. This means that
Selected it does not comprehend the structural hierarchies it is required
Answer: to construct.
Question 7
To a Darwinist, a beneficial mutation
Selected Answer: helps its host to leave more competitive
offspring.
Question 8
Which of the following classes of mutations accumulate silently in the DNA
having no obvious effect on one’s ability to reproduce?
Selected Answer: neutral
mutations
Question 9
Charles Darwin believed that whole new species originated as a result of
Selected populations of the same species reproducing in two distinct,
Answer: separate environments and responding to the environments in
different ways.
Question 10
The potential power of directional selection cannot be demonstrated in a real
population if
Selected b) and d) above
Answer:
Question 11
In the early pages of the Genesis record, the first stage of life history could best
