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AP Intermediate 2nd Year Evolution — practice questions

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Who demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life?Read the answer and worked solution →Oparin, who proposed chemical evolution, was from:Read the answer and worked solution →Haldane, who proposed the same idea, was from:Read the answer and worked solution →Miller performed his famous experiment in:Read the answer and worked solution →Miller's flask contained water vapour, hydrogen, ammonia and:Read the answer and worked solution →Miller observed the formation of:Read the answer and worked solution →The first cellular form of life arose about how many million years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Forelimbs of different mammals sharing one bone plan are:Read the answer and worked solution →Homology indicates:Read the answer and worked solution →Structures with similar function but different plan are:Read the answer and worked solution →Darwin observed his famous finches at:Read the answer and worked solution →Species evolving from one point and spreading to other habitats shows:Read the answer and worked solution →The two key concepts of Darwinian theory are natural selection and:Read the answer and worked solution →Which French naturalist put forward a theory before Darwin?Read the answer and worked solution →In the moth collection of the 1850s, the more numerous moths were:Read the answer and worked solution →By 1920, after industrialisation, the more numerous moths were:Read the answer and worked solution →The sum total of all allelic frequencies in a population is:Read the answer and worked solution →A constant gene pool across generations is called genetic:Read the answer and worked solution →How many factors are known to affect Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?Read the answer and worked solution →Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus existed about how many million years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Homo habilis had a brain capacity of:Read the answer and worked solution →Homo erectus fossils were discovered in 1891 in:Read the answer and worked solution →Order the human lineRead the answer and worked solution →Match each form to its brain sizeRead the answer and worked solution →Homologous or analogousRead the answer and worked solution →True or false on evolutionRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on evolutionRead the answer and worked solution →Quick picks on evolutionRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →Before or after industrialisationRead the answer and worked solution →

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Who demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life?

  1. Pasteur
  2. Pauling
  3. Purkinje
  4. Pavlov
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Correct answer: A. Pasteur

1. The theory of spontaneous generation held that life arose from decaying matter. 2. Louis Pasteur showed by careful experimentation that life comes only from pre-existing life. 3. Spontaneous generation was dismissed once and for all. _Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 7 'Evolution'_

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Oparin, who proposed chemical evolution, was from:

  1. Rhodesia
  2. Russia
  3. Romania
  4. Rwanda
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Correct answer: B. Russia

1. Two scientists proposed the idea independently. 2. Oparin of Russia and Haldane of England proposed it. 3. So the correct answer is Russia. _Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 7 'Evolution'_

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Haldane, who proposed the same idea, was from:

  1. England
  2. Ethiopia
  3. Estonia
  4. Ecuador
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Correct answer: A. England

1. The idea was put forward by two scientists in different countries. 2. Oparin of Russia and Haldane of England proposed it. 3. So the correct answer is England. _Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 7 'Evolution'_

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