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Exploring Evolution: A Comprehensive Quiz on Key Concepts and Theories

This quiz tests your knowledge about the TV series Evolution and key concepts of evolution and genetics, including important figures and terminology.

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1 What role did Jassie play in the TV series Evolution?

2 Who played Harry Block in the TV series Evolution?

3 Who played Eva in the TV series Evolution?

4 Gene transfer between species includes the formation of hybrid organisms and ________.

5 [8][9][10][11] In the 1930s, Darwinian natural selection was combined with Mendelian inheritance to form the ________,[12] which connected the units of evolution (genes) and the mechanism of evolution (natural selection).

6 Heritable traits are passed from one generation to the next via ________, a molecule that encodes genetic information.

7 What does the following picture show?  Around 1854 Charles Darwin began writing out what became On the Origin of Species.   Tyrannosaurus rex. Non-avian dinosaurs died out in the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period.   The hominoids are descendants of a common ancestor.   A chart showing three types of selection. 1.Disruptive selection 2.Stabilizing selection 3.Directional selection

8 Depending on how far two species have diverged since their most recent common ancestor, it may still be possible for them to produce offspring, as with horses and ________ mating to produce mules.

9 Who played Female Elite in the TV series Evolution?

10 What role did Micky Ray play in the TV series Evolution?

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • the discovery of 189 fossils of the mid-Cambrian Odontogriphus thrust it into the centre of a heated debate about the evolution of molluscs, annelids and brachiopods.
  • the pipits (species pictured) are a genus, Anthus, of songbirds that evolved in East Asia during the Miocene before spreading around the world.
  • the hslVU protein complex (pictured) that degrades damaged proteins in bacteria, probably resembles the evolutionary ancestor of the proteasome, a required component of all eukaryotic cells.
  • the Discovery Institute conducts public relations campaigns to promote intelligent design and discredit evolution.
  • the little-known Xiaosaurus may be an evolutionary missing link between Lesothosaurus to Hypsilophodon.
  • the recently discovered dracula fish lost its teeth then re-evolved a set of bony fangs from its jawbone.
  • writer and publisher Bernard d’Abrera is a fervent creationist who blames environmental problems on the "waste" of studying evolution.
  • the snail species Oxygyrus keraudrenii shows an evolutionary reduction of the gastropod shell for living in open sea.
  • the recently discovered smallest snake in the world, Leptotyphlops carlae (pictured), is thought to be near the evolutionary limit of how small any snake could be.
  • primitive weevils of the Aglycyderini, Metrioxenini and Oxycorynini tribes are believed to have evolved in the Late Cretaceous or perhaps Paleocene period, some 100-60 million years ago.
  • in his 1970 book Vitamin C and the Common Cold, Linus Pauling explains primates' inability to synthesize vitamin C as a result of evolution.
  • Italian Wall Lizards (pictured) on a Croatian island developed significant behavioral and morphological changes over the course of 36 years, which has been described as "rapid evolution".
  • Lord Neaves, a judge on the supreme court of Scotland, was quoted by Darwin on evolution, but attributed the concept of evolution to Lord Monboddo, not Darwin.
  • Batesian and MĂĽllerian mimicry provided early evidence for the theory of evolution put forward by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.
  • Herbert Spencer, secretary of the Derby Philosophical Society, first suggested the term "survival of the fittest" after reading Charles Darwin's idea of evolution.
  • microbial mats increase our understanding of evolution by helping to preserve soft-bodied organisms and soft parts of hard-shelled animals.
  • Pale Flax may be an evolutionary predecessor to Common Flax, from which the fiber is derived.
  • fossil Thelodont fish (depiction pictured) surprised scientists by showing that stomachs evolved before jaws.
  • William King Gregory, a leading authority on vertebrate evolution and the preeminent expert on human dentition, was initially taken in by the Piltdown Man, a hoax which was purported to be an early human.
  • York radiate groundsel (Senecio eboracensis) is a hybrid plant species thought to have evolved suddenly within the last 300 years.
  • developmental biologist PZ Myers, who writes about evolution, cephalopods, politics, and atheism, is the top-ranked science blogger according to the journal Nature.
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