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Quiz:
The
Biology
of
Change
Through
Time
Due
Mar
4
at
11:59pm
Points
80
Questions
25
Time
Limit
50
Minutes
Instructions
The
quiz:
Covers
the
Learn
material
from
Module
7:
Week
7.
Contains
25
multiple-choice
questions.
Is
limited
to
50
minutes.
Allows
1
attempt.
Is
worth
80
points.
Submit
this
assignment
by
11:59
p.m.
(ET)
on
Monday
of
Module
7:
Week
7.
Attempt
History
Attempt
Time
Score
LATEST
Attempt
1
27
minutes
67.2
out
of
80
(®
Correct answers
are
hidden.
Score
for
this
quiz:
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out
of
80
Submitted
Feb
27
at
3:42pm
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attempt
took
27
minutes.
Question
1
3.2
/
3.2
pts
Sign
In
Natural
selection
is
limited
in
its
effectiveness
in
preserving
new
favorable
mutations
in
an
environment
that
has
little
rainfall.
exhibits
an
extreme
temperature.
has
cyclical
variations
in
its
environmental
conditions.
more
than
four
or
five
kinds
of
closely
related
species.
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more
plant
forms
than animal
forms.
Question
2
3.2
/
3.2 pts
Charles
Darwin
believed
that
whole
new
species
originated
as
a
result
of
populations
of
the
same
species
reproducing
in
two
distinct,
separate
environments
and
responding
to
the
environments
in
different
ways.
the
separate
creation
of
each
species
by
a
powerful
Designer.
harmful
mutations
making
one
population
weaker
than another
one
until
males
of
one
population
were
too
weak
to
mate
with
females
of
the
other.
chance,
rare
matings
between
males
of
one
species
and
females
of
another
species.
alternating
patterns
of
transcription
in
the
same
genes
of a
given
species.
Question
3
3.2
/
3.2 pts
One
problem
associated
with
evolving
a
system
in
which
RNA
bases
code
for
amino
acids
is
that
amino
acids
are
basic
and
RNA
nucleotides
are
acidic
in
chemical
nature.
the
correct
bonding
of
amino
acids
to
tRNAs
requires
protein
catalysis—we
need
mature
proteins
to
begin
making
the
first
proteins.
the
amino
acids
would
then
have
to
become
building
blocks
of
proteins
instead
of
DNA.
the
system
would
always
be
confusing
DNA
molecules
with
RNA
molecules
in
setting
up
and
operating
the
initial
coding
process.
ribosomes
will
prefer
DNA
over
RNA
in
the
formation
of
peptide
bonds.
Question
4
3.2/3.2
pts
Mycoplasma
genitalium
is
well
known
for
the
_____
infections
it
causes.
genital
tract
spleen
brain
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wide
variety
of
organ
Question
5
3.2
/
3.2
pts
The
third
stage
of
life
history
implied
in
the
early
pages
of
the
Genesis
record
could
best
be
described
as
the
appearance
of
land
out
of
the
oceans.
creation
in
bondage
to
decay.
the
emergence
of
plant
life.
the
creation
of
man.
of
first
appearance
of
rain
on
the
earth.
Question
6
3.2
/
3.2 pts
Directional
selection
has
been used
to
generate
two
new
species
from
one
in
strawberry
plants.
remove
a
wide
variety
of
extreme
and
harmful
mutations
in
human
populations.
generate
a
small
increase
in
the
number
of
bristles
on
the
thorax
of
flies.
produce
fruit
flies
with
phenotypes
intermediate
between
male
and
female.
create
many
new
useful
genes
in
agriculturally
important
plants.
Question
7
3.2
/
3.2
pts
Which
of
the
following
phrases
best
evaluates
the
naturalistic
hypothesis
for
its
value
in
explaining
the
origins
of
new
structures
like
the
flight
feather?
The
Naturalistic
hypothesis
is
valuable—it
completely
explains
how
feathers
have
evolved.
Natural
selection
is
unable
to
work
because
mutations
rarely
happen
in
birds.
Natural
selection
easily
explains
barbs
and
barbules
origins—that
is
why
birds
can
fly.
Natural
selection
is
unable
to
“see”
a
new
useful
biological
function
while
protecting
a
different
existing
function.
The
naturalistic
hypothesis
excels
in
its
ability
to
say
where
biological
information
comes
from.
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Question
8
3.2
/
3.2
pts
Francis
Crick’s
theory
of
directed
panspermia
states
that
primitive
life
forms
floating
about
in
deep
space
accidentally
landed
on
our
planet.
the
slow
evolution
of
the
first
cell
was
followed
rapidly
by
spread
of
its
offspring
around
the
earth.
life
was
“seeded”
on
this
planet
by
a
civilization
of
life
forms
superior
to
us.
the
earliest
organisms on
earth
were
able
to
freely
inter-mate
with
a
wide
variety
of
other
such
forms
to
produce
novel
offspring.
sperm
cells
find
their
corresponding
egg
cell
by
a
signal
emanating
from
the
egg
cell
itself.
Question
9
3.2/3.2
pts
One
popular
evolutionary
model
for
the
origin
of
flight
in
vertebrates
is
that
flight
evolved
in
insects
which
then
gradually
evolved
the
vertebrate
body
form.
birds
whose
flight
feathers
were
longer
than
those
of
most
birds.
animals
that ran
off
the
ends
of
high
cliffs.
animals
that
climbed
and
then
glided
down
from
trees.
very
small
vertebrates
that
easily
became
windborne.
IncorrectQuestion
10
0/3.2
pts
Both
the
theist
and
the
naturalist
come
to
the
conclusion
that
most
mutations
occurring
today
are
harmful
because
they
are
generated
by
harmful
chemicals
and
radiation
sources.
it’s
obvious
that
most
mutations
occurring
today
would
not
contribute
to
the
process
of
evolution.
it
has
been
demonstrated
that
changes
in
base
sequence
slow
the
transcriptional
process.
they
undo
stop
codons
and
generate
hugely
long,
non-functional
proteins.
background
radiation
levels
and
mutagenic
chemical
concentrations
are
higher
now
than
previously.
IncorrectQuestion
11
0/3.2
pts
Stabilizing
selection
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happens
very
slowly
and
requires
extremely
large
numbers
of
helpful
variations
in
phenotype.
competes
with
natural
selection
to
determine
the
direction
a
population
will
evolve
in.
eliminates
individuals
with
extreme
phenotypes
from
the
population.
helps
to
maintain
phenotypic
extremes
in
the
population.
eliminates
phenotypes
at
one
end
of
a
range
of
values.
Question
12
3.2
/
3.2
pts
Charles
Darwin's
view
of
the
species
was
that
species
are
immutable;
mutations
are
harmful
to
them;
selection
removes
mutations
and
keeps
species
the
same
through
time.
that
populations
of a
species
continually
experienced
new
variations
and
continually
became
more
fit.
that
large
amounts
of
initial
variety
would
slowly
be
lost
as
pairs
of
species
combined
with
each
other
to
form
single
new
species.
that
a
wide
diversity
of
created
species
has
been
subject
to
natural
catastrophes
over
time
and
has
thus
lost
considerable
diversity.
a
large collection
of
populations
of
interbreeding
individuals
whose
structures
and
functions
are
precisely
the
same.
Question
13
3.2
/
3.2
pts
One
important
value
that
disruptive
selection
can
have
to
a
natural
population
is
that
it
can
eliminate
rare
individuals
whose
sexuality
is
intermediate
between
male
and
female.
will
remove
from
the
population
all
individuals
whose
behavioral
traits
vary
greatly
from
the
populational
norms.
collect
and
save
those
individuals
whose
phenotypes
are
most
like
the
standard
phenotype
of
the
species.
quickly
locates
and
preserves
those
individuals
best
adapted
to
defending
the
rest
of
the
population
from
predators.
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can
act
positively
on
a
population
in
which
an abnormally
high
number
of
harmful
mutations
is
occurring.
Question
14
3.2
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3.2 pts
“Natural
selection
is
cybernetically
blind”.
This
means
that
it
is
required
to
use
the
large
majority
of
new
mutations
whether
they
are
helpful
or
not.
it
works
best
in
complex
systems
in
which
light
wave
detection
is
not
important.
it
does
not
comprehend
the
structural
hierarchies
it
is
required
to
construct.
it
does
not
affect
all
portions
of a
population
of
organisms
equally.
it
preserves
new
adaptations
without
regard
to
their
fitness
in
a
given
environment.
IncorrectQuestion
15
0/3.2
pts
In
the
evolutionary
model,
mutation
genes
that
will
develop
a
better
organism
while
natural
selection
genes
that
will
develop
a
better
organism.
protects,
destroys
has
no
effect
on,
critically
evaluates
finds,
ruins
evaluates,
encodes
produces,
finds
Question
16
3.2/3.2
pts
Which
of
the
following
is
a
component
structure
of
a
primary
flight
feather?
the
airfoil
the
rachis
the
down
the
pectoralis
major
the
coracoid
Question
17
3.2
/
3.2
pts
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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
Leonardo
da
Vinci
Charles
Darwin
Verrocchio
John
Henslow
Thomas
Malthus
Question
18
3.2
/
3.2
pts
Sometimes
a
force
within
the
environment
reduces
the
reproductive
ability
of
one
variety
of
individual
in
a
species
compared
to
that
of
another
variety.
This
force
is
termed
speciation.
irreducible
complexity.
discrimination.
mutation.
selection
pressure.
Question
19
3.2
/
3.2
pts
Which
of
the
following
organisms
were
not
observed
by
Charles
Darwin
while
reading
and
voyaging
the
world?
marine
invertebrates
plankton
Galapagos
finches
tortoises
therapod
dinosaur
remains
Question
20
3.2
/
3.2 pts
Which
of
the
following
represents
an
observation
Charles
Darwin
made
while
reading
and
voyaging
the
world?
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Darwin
noticed
that
each
species
of
bird
and
reptile
that
he
saw
was
distinct
and
quite
dissimilar
from
each
other
species.
He
discovered
Mycoplasm
genitalium,
the
simplest
organism from
which
he
believed
that
all
higher
organisms
evolved.
Individuals
of a
population,
although
of
the
same
species,
varied
slightly
from
each
other
for
many
of
the
traits
he
studied.
When
returning
to
sites
he
had
previously
visited
he
observed
that
whole
new
layers
of
sedimentary
rock
had
been
generated
with
their
own
fossil
intact.
Individuals
of
a
population
produce
far
fewer
offspring
than
the
environment
would
be
able
to
support.
Question
21
3.2/3.2
pts
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.
creation,
evolution
uniformitarianism,
panspermia
macroevolution,
creationism
microevolution,
macroevolution
microevolution,
creationism
Question
22
3.2
/
3.2
pts
One
advantage
associated
with
viewing
RNA
as
the
original
site
of
information
storage
in
the
primitive
cell
is
that
RNA
long
strands
of
RNA
are
spontaneously
formed
under
primitive
oceanic
conditions.
is
easily
reverse-transcribed
into
DNA.
can
both
store
information
and
can
act
catalytically
like
an
enzyme.
is
normally
transcribed
into
DNA,
the
first
step
in
making
proteins.
does
not
need
a
nucleus
in
which
to
be
stored.
IncorrectQuestion
23
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pts
The
Design
theorist
comes
to
the
conclusion
that
most
mutations
occurring
today
are
harmful
because
there
are
fewer
kinds
of
organisms
on
the
planet
today
than
ever
before.
changes
to
base
sequence
in
DNA
will
uniformly
stop
the
transcription
process.
no
such
thing
as
a
helpful
mutation
has
ever
been
observed.
natural
selection
can
favor
only
one
gene
at
a
time.
they
are
deteriorative
changes
made
to
something
that
was
elegantly
designed.
Question
24
3.2
/
3.2
pts
In
physical
size,
Mycoplasma
genitalium
is
the
largest
cell
scientists
have
yet
discovered.
about
1/10
of
an
inch
in
length.
about
the
size
of
a
human
erythrocyte.
less
than
a
third
the
size
of
an
E.
coli
cell.
about
the
size
of
a
hemoglobin
molecule.
Question
25
3.2
/
3.2
pts
The
potential
power
of
directional
selection
cannot
be
demonstrated
in
a
real
population
if
the
population
is
less
than
about
1000
individuals
in
size.
the
real
population
is
no
longer
composed
of
primitive,
simple
organisms.
it
is
constantly
in
competition
with
other
well-adapted
species
in
the
same
environment.
a
helpful
change
in
one
aspect
of
the
individual
is
also a
harmful
change
in
a
different
aspect
of
the
same
individual.
b)
and
d)
above
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