Overview The final for this competency will be a twenty-four (24) question Objective Assessment. You must score 80% or more in order to achieve this competency. You have 180 minutes to complete each attempt. Each attempt will count towards your total three attempts to achieve this competency. Please contact Assignment Samurai for help with BL1005 Assessment or any other assignment. Email: assignmentsamurai@gmail.com   Instructions Before you start, make sure to check the following items:

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  BL1005 Assessment QUIZ: The large tail of the peacock is a good example of ___________. sexual selection   Which of the following observations is inconsistent with the common descent hypothesis about the origin of modern organisms? *None of these observations is inconsistent with the common descent hypothesis (Molecular homologies between all life forms; The endosymbiotic origins of eukaryotic cells; The universality of DNA in life on earth; The geological record showing a very ancient earth)     Which of the following facts is consistent with the static hypothesis about the origin of modern organisms? The fact that offspring are typically similar in appearance to their parents     Within biology, the differential survival and reproduction of individuals in a population is best referred to as ________. natural selection   _____ populations are most likely to lead to the emergence of a new species via _________. Allopatric; adaptive radiation   Which of the following is incorrect? A) In the Linnaean classification, each species is assigned a two-part name. B) Species are distinct natural entities with a clear definition that can be easily recognized. C) Modern biologists recognize subspecies in some populations. D) A biological species refers to a group of individuals that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring with one another but not with other species. E) All humans belong to the same species Species are distinct natural entities with a clear definition that can be easily recognized.   After the voyage of the Beagle, Darwin did not publish his hypothesis of common descent for over two decades. Why didn't he publish his findings earlier? He knew the idea would be considered radical.   Which of the following features does not distinguish humans from orangutans? Increased flexibility of thumb   Which of the following is most useful in evaluating relationships between fossil species? The morphological conception of species   Which of the following is not a mechanism of reproductive isolation? A) Speciation B) Hybrid inviability C) Spatial isolation D) Gamete incompatibility E) Hybrid sterility Speciation   Which of the following lines of evidence played the greatest role in Darwin's discovery of natural selection? Biogeography   Which of the following aspects of biological evolution is the most controversial among the American public? All modern organisms descended from a common organism that existed millions of years ago.   Which of the statements about human races is incorrect? A) Human races are isolated biological groups. B) No alleles are found in all members of a race. C) Populations within a race are often as different as populations compared across races. D) Scientists have found some SNPs alleles that are unique to particular human populations. E) The hypothesis that human races represent independent evolutionary groups is not supported by observations. Human races are isolated biological groups.   Which of the following processes is least influenced by population size? A) Genetic drift B) The founder effect C) Sexual selection D) The bottleneck effect E) A change in allele frequency that occurs due to chance Sexual selection   _____________ is/are well exemplified by the tailbones in adult humans. Vestigial traits   Which of the following does not apply to the scientific concept of evolution? A) A change in the biological characteristics of a population B) All species alive today represent the product of millions of years of accumulated changes C) All modern organisms descended from a common organism D) The development of new advanced computer technologies E) A principle that can be used to organize and classify life on earth The development of new advanced computer technologies   A change in the allele frequency that occurs when a small sample of a larger population establishes a new population is called ______. the founder effect   Which thinker may have been the first to propose that humans evolved from lower life-forms? Anaximander   The relationship between the wing of a bird and the wing of the bat is an example of _________. convergent evolution   Which of the following is not a misconception about evolution? A) Evolution results in progress, organisms are always getting better through evolution. B) Evolution only applies to populations not individuals. C) Evolution implies that life evolved randomly or by chance. D) Humans are not evolving. E) Because evolution is slow, humans cannot influence it. Evolution only applies to populations not individuals.   _____________ is well exemplified by pharyngeal slits in early embryos of humans and snakes. Developmental homology   Which modern taxonomic category is the largest of those listed? Domain   Which of the following organisms is not bipedal? A) Homo sapiens B) Australopithicus afarensis C) Homo habilis D) Homo erectus E) Chimpanzee Chimpanzee   The sum total of all alleles found in members of a species is the species' ______. gene pool