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Praxis II: Biology Content Knowledge Exam Prep - Question List

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81. Which of the following statements about adaptive radiation is false?
  1. Adaptive radiation is a rapid process.
  2. Phenotypes adapt to the environment.
  3. Adaptive radiation often occurs as the result of an organism arising in an environment with an undefined niche.
  4. Adaptive radiation results in the creation of numerous species from a single lineage.
  5. Adaptive radiation is not driven by natural selection.
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82.

Which of the following pairs are not examples of analogous structures? Choose all that apply.

  1. The wings of a butterfly and wings of a bat
  2. The eyes of a human and the eyes of a mollusk
  3. The legs of a cat and the legs of a dog
  4. The arm of a chimpanzee and the flipper of a dolphin
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83. Which of the following terms describes the relative change in allelic frequency that occurs due to random sampling and chance?
  1. Genetic drift
  2. Convergence
  3. Divergence
  4. Speciation
  5. Adaptation
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84. According to accepted scientific knowledge, on which continent did the species Homo sapiens arise?
  1. North America
  2. South America
  3. Australia
  4. Asia
  5. Africa
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85. In certain animals such as dogs, there is a tendency for young non-dominant males to spontaneously form bachelor groups. What is this type of behavior called?
  1. Social behavior
  2. Social anxiety
  3. Social repression
  4. Social acceptance
  5. Social domination
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