Adenine was synthesized by Orgel, using the Miller apparatus, when he used the gas:

1. carbon dioxide

2. hydrogen cyanide

3. hydrogen sulfide

4. nitrogen

The control apparatus of the Urey and Miller experiment was devoid of:

1. a provision for evaporation 

2. an arrangement for circulation

3. a source of energy

4. an arrangement for condensation

The formation of a new species through change in a single lineage is known as:

(1) Anagenesis, or phyletic evolution

(2) Cladogenesis, or divergent evolution

(3) Convergent evolution

(4) Allopatry

Which of the following organisms alive today is likely to be most similar to the first life forms that evolved on the earth?

1. Methane producing bacteria

2. Cyanobacteria

3. Unicellular algae

4. Diatoms

Darwin finches on the Galapagos Islands are an excellent example of:

1. Disruptive selection

2. Inheritance of acquired characters

3. Adaptive radiation

4. Convergent evolution

The presence of the monotremes and marsupials in the Australian continent can be explained by:

1.  Convergent evolution

2.  Adaptive radiation

3.  Punctuated equilibrium

4.  Gene flow 

The similarities between the eyes of an octopus and of a mammal are a result of:

1. Convergent evolution

2. Divergent evolution

3. Saltation

4. Retrograde evolution

Which of the following would lead to deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

1. Random mating

2. Lack of mutations

3. No gene flow or gene migration

4. Natural selection

The now extinct reptile group that evolved into mammals was:

1. Therapsids

2. Dinosaurs

3. Thecodants

4. Sauropsids

Identify the correct statement:

1. Dryopithecus was more man like than Ramapithecus

2. Homo Habilis probably did not eat meat

3. Homo Erectus had a cranial capacity of around 800 cc

4. Agriculture came around 18000 years ago