BIOL 101 The Biology of Change Through Time: Quiz 7 – Liberty University
• Question 1
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Directional selection has been used to
Selected Answer:
Generate a small increase in the number of bristles on the thorax of flies
• Question 2
3.2 out of 3.2 points
During the formation of a feather, which of the following structures appears as a result
of early induction events within the dermal layer of the wing surface?
Selected Answer:
A tube-like follicle
• Question 3
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Preening behavior enables a bird to continue to fly successfully by
Selected Answer:
Repairing feather surface breaks between barbu les
• Question 4
3.2 out of 3.2 points
The term _________ represents a predictive theory of how a species might change with
time, whereas the term _________ assumes that nature can create whole new structures
and organisms.
Selected Answer:
Microevolution, macroevolution
• Question 5
3.2 out of 3.2 points
One popular evolutionary model for the origin of flight in vertebrates is that flight
evolved in:
Selected Answer:
BIOL 101 The Biology of Change Through Time: Quiz 7 – Liberty University
Animals that climbed and then glided down from trees
• Question 6
3.2 out of 3.2 points
Which stage of life history implied in the early pages of the Genesis record appears
least likely to involve any biological change in populations with time?
Selected Answer:
The stage in which God rests and creation is in its finished form
• Question 7
