Fundamentals of Evolution - Korzh O.P. - 2006

Part II. MACROEVOLUTION

TEST CONTROL

1. A prerequisite for the evolution of Organs and Functions is their:

a) multifunctionality;

б) totipotency;

в) Homology.

2. The transition of snakes to crawling occurred via:

а) intensification of the main function;

б) change of functions;

в) polymerization of organs.

3. Which of the following Examples illustrates an increase in the number of functions:

а) formation of a stinger in a bee;

б) formation of pappus as a protective seed coat;

в) transition of animals to digitigrade locomotion.

4. An example of the intensification of the main function is:

а) transition of birds to an aerial lifestyle;

б) formation of feathers in birds;

в) formation of a four-chambered Heart in birds.

5. An example of the division of organs and functions is:

а) formation of a complex dental system in mammals;

б) formation of a complex Cerebral Cortex Structure in

mammals;

в) formation of complex behavior in mammals.

6. The loss of Teeth in birds and The Development of a complex Stomach in them is an example of:

a) substitution;

b) heterobathmy;

c) compensation.

7. The continuity of life across generations is ensured by:

a) Cleavage;

b) Organogenesis;

c) gametogenesis.

8. The extraordinary Development of the Central Nervous system (primarily the Brain) in humans compared to the relatively primitive level of development of the digestive and certain other systems is an example of:

a) compensation;

b) substitution;

c) heterobathmy.

9. The correlation between flower and pea seed color is caused by:

a) genomic correlations;

b) morphogenetic correlations;

c) ergontic correlations.

10. An example of topographic coordinations is:

a) matching length of the forelimbs and hindlimbs in animals;

b) coordination between the Differentiation of the intestinal tube and the development of the dentition;

c) consistency in the shape and size of internal abdominal organs.

11. The presence of external gills in the olm (Proteus anguinus) is an example of:

a) adultization;

b) neoteny;

c) fetalization.

12. An example of Embryonization of ontogeny is:

a) The formation of larval, pupal, and imaginal developmental stages in insects;

b) the Formation of the amniotic egg in terrestrial vertebrates;

c) the formation of Morphology/12.html">ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS in certain parasites.

13. The process of increasing The regulation of individual Organism development is:

a) ontogenetic canalization;

b) ontogenetic autonomization;

c) ontogenetic embryonization.

14. Differences in the development of bird feathers and mammalian Hair are an example of:

a) anaboly;

b) deviation;

c) arhallaxis.

15. The statement "Ontogeny is a brief and rapid recapitulation of phylogeny" refers to the law of:

a) biogenesis;

b) embryonic resemblance;

c) phylembriogenesis.

16. One of the ancestral forms of the modern horse is considered to be:

a) creodont;

b) machairodus;

c) phenacodus.

17. The similar external appearance of lagomorphs and rodents should be considered a result of:

a) divergence;

b) convergence;

c) parallelism.

18. The development of a group with entry into a new adaptive zone is:

a) arogenesis;

b) aromorphosis;

c) general degeneration.

19. Latimeria belongs to the Lineage of:

a) bradytely;

b) horotely;

c) tachytely.

20. Efficiency acts as a criterion for the form of progress:

a) unlimited;

b) limited;

c) biotechnical.

21. An example of biological progress is:

a) platypus;

b) Liver fluke;

c) ginkgo biloba.

22. Which of the following characteristics is typical of ecosystems:

a) constancy;

b) boundlessness;

c) emergence?

23. The development of an ecosystem on a site previously unoccupied by any community is:

a) climax;

b) primary succession;

c) secondary succession.

24. The Water/144.html">Origin of the Class Mammalia from reptiles is an example of:

a) monophyly;

b) polyphyly;

c) broad monophyly.

25. Lichens are the result of:

a) anagenesis;

б) synthesogenesis;

в) cladogenesis.

26. The evolutionary development of organisms acquires directionality due to:

а) constraints;

б) Mutations;

в) isolation.

27. The views on the punctuated development of organisms are held by:

а) orthogenesis;

б) essentialism;

в) saltationism.