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, MultipleAChoiceAQuestions

1.WhichAofAtheAfollowingAquestionsAisANOTAaAfocusAofAevolutionaryApsychology?A(c)

(a) WhyAisAtheAmindAdesignedAtheAwayAthatAitAis?

(b) HowAdoAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAmindAinteractAwithAtheAenvironment?

(c) WhatAisAtheArelationshipAbetweenAtheAhumanAmindAandAtheABigABang?

(d) WhatAareAtheAfunctionsAofAtheAcomponentsAofAtheAhumanAmind?



2.EvolutionArefersAto .A(a)

(a) changesAinAgeneAfrequencyAwithinAaApopulationAoverAtime

(b) differencesAbetweenAspecies

(c) changesAoverAtimeAinAtheAshapeAofAtheAhumanAskull

(d) differencesAbetweenAmenAandAwomen



3.ChangeAinAlifeAformsAoverAtimeAwasAsuggestedA.A(b)

(a) firstAbyADarwin

(b) wellAbeforeADarwin’sAtime

(c) wellAafterADarwin’sAtime

(d) firstAbyAGeorgeAWilliams



4.WhichAofAtheAfollowingAargumentsAdidALamarckApresent?A(d)

(a) SpeciesAoriginateAfromAmicroscopicAalgae.

(b) SpeciesAprogressAtowardAaAlowerAform.

(c) acquisitionAofAinheritedAcharacteristics.

(d) inheritanceAofAacquiredAcharacteristics.




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,5.AccordingAtoACuvier’sAtheoryAofAcatastrophism,AspeciesAare .A(a)

(a) exterminatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophesAandAreplacedAbyAdifferentAspecies

(b) irradiatedAbyAsuddenAcatastrophes,AthereafterAreplacingAotherAspecies

(c) exterminatedAbyAgradualAeliminationAdueAtoAdisease,AleavingAroomAforAnewAspecies

(d) irradiatedAandAextinguished,AandAreplacedAbyAtheAsameAspecies



6.WhichAofAtheAfollowingAcluesAtoAchangeAinAorganicAstructureAoverAtimeAwereAnotAknownAorAnotedAprio
rAtoADarwin?A(d)

(a) cross-speciesAstructuralAsimilarities

(b) cross-speciesAembryologicalAsimilarities

(c) apparentAfunctionAofAtraits

(d) mechanismAtoAexplainAchangeAinAorganicAstructureAoverAtime



7.WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisANOTAanAexampleAofAgeneticAdrift?A(a)

(a) naturalAselection

(b) founderAeffect

(c) geneticAbottleneck

(d) mutation



8.WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisANOTAoneAofAtheAthreeAessentialAprocessesAidentifiedAbyADarwin’sAtheoryAof
evolutionAbyAnaturalAselection?A(b)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance




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, 9. providesAtheA―rawAmaterials‖AforAevolution.A(a)

(a) Variation

(b) Particulation

(c) Selection

(d) Inheritance



10.ForAevolutionAtoAwork,AsuccessfulAvariationsAmustAbeA ,AorApassedAdownAreliablyAfromAparent
AtoAoffspring.A(d)



(a) variated

(b) particulated

(c) selected

(d) inherited



11.TheAprocessAof
refersAtoAtheAcomponentAofADarwin’sAtheoryAofAevolutionAthatAstatesAthatAorganismsAwithAsomeAherit
ableAattributesAleaveAmoreAoffspringAbecauseAthoseAattributesAhelpAwithAtheAtasksAofAsurvivalAandAreprod
uction.A(c)

(a) variation

(b) particulation

(c) selection

(d) inheritance



12.InAcontrastAtoAtheAtheoryAofAnaturalAselection,AwhichAfocusedAonAadaptationsAthatAhaveAarisenAasA
aAconsequenceAofAsuccessfulAsurvival,AtheAtheoryAof
focusedAonAadaptationsAthatAhaveAarisenAasAaAconsequenceAofAsuccessfulAmating.A(a)

(a) sexualAselection

(b) internalAselection

(c) externalAselection

(d) socialAselection

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