TTU Organic Evolution Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Why is evolution important? -
correct answer ✅Evolution helps us solve biological problems that
impact our lives
What is evolution? -
correct answer ✅Change in the genotype and phenotypic
characteristics of groups of related organisms over generations
What is the evidence for evolution? -
correct answer ✅Competition, variation, heritability, iteration
What are the uses of a phylogenetic tree? -
correct answer ✅Helps our understanding of how genes evolve
What is a phylogenetic tree? -
correct answer ✅A diagram showing the evolutionary
interrelations of a group of organisms derived from a common
ancestral form.
Phylogeny -
correct answer ✅pattern of historical relationships
, TTU Organic Evolution Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
homologous -
correct answer ✅characters reflect shared ancestry
plesiomorphy -
correct answer ✅ancestral character state
Apomorphy -
correct answer ✅trait shared by more than one species
synapomorphy -
correct answer ✅trait shared by more than one species
autopomorphies -
correct answer ✅unique derived traits
homoplasy -
correct answer ✅similarity for any reason other than recent
common ancestry
Convergence -
correct answer ✅Evolution of similar trait by different
developmental pathway
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Why is evolution important? -
correct answer ✅Evolution helps us solve biological problems that
impact our lives
What is evolution? -
correct answer ✅Change in the genotype and phenotypic
characteristics of groups of related organisms over generations
What is the evidence for evolution? -
correct answer ✅Competition, variation, heritability, iteration
What are the uses of a phylogenetic tree? -
correct answer ✅Helps our understanding of how genes evolve
What is a phylogenetic tree? -
correct answer ✅A diagram showing the evolutionary
interrelations of a group of organisms derived from a common
ancestral form.
Phylogeny -
correct answer ✅pattern of historical relationships
, TTU Organic Evolution Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
homologous -
correct answer ✅characters reflect shared ancestry
plesiomorphy -
correct answer ✅ancestral character state
Apomorphy -
correct answer ✅trait shared by more than one species
synapomorphy -
correct answer ✅trait shared by more than one species
autopomorphies -
correct answer ✅unique derived traits
homoplasy -
correct answer ✅similarity for any reason other than recent
common ancestry
Convergence -
correct answer ✅Evolution of similar trait by different
developmental pathway
