Quiz about Evolution, Adaptations, and Fossils!

Question 1

Where those organisms that adapt best survive most

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natural selection

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embryology

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sedimentary rock

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variation

Question 2

A Variation that makes an organism more suited to its surroundings

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adaptation

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variation

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evolution

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embryology

Question 3

Body parts similar in structure and origin

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homologous

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evolution

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embryology

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variation

Question 4

A trait that makes some of the species different that others

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variation

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homologous

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embryology

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evolution

Question 5

Change in inherited triats over time

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evolution

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embryology

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variation

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homologous

Question 6

Group of organisms with similar characteristics

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species

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embryology

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variation

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homologous

Question 7

When organisms are better adapted to their envionment, find a mate and successfully reproduce. This process is called?

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natrual selection

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cloning

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evolution

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variation in a species

Question 8

When organisms of a species completely die out, is called?

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extinction

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Evolution

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Natrual selection

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adaptation

Question 9

When an animal adjusts to extemely cold or hot environments, these characteristics represent?

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adaptations

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cloning

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extinction

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cellular mistakes

Question 10

Scientists have developed a timeline of life on earth by the studying of fossils. What do we refer to this timeline as?

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the fossil record

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evolution

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the history of primates

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natural selection

Question 11

What do we call the preserved remains or physical evidence of an organism that lived in the past?

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fossils

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varitations

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mutations

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evolutionary features

Question 12

This person proposed that the theory of evolution happens as a result of natural selection?

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Charles Darwin

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Robert Hooke

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James Watson

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Rosalind Franklin

Question 13

When comparing different animal's bone structures and biological similarities, these similarities might suggest that?

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these animals may have a common ancestor

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these animals have the same bone that is used to help them fly.

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these animals were all born at the same time.

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these animals can only survive if they live together.

Question 14

The gradual change in species over time is...

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Evolution

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Nucleotide

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Adaptation

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Natural Selection

Question 15

To adjust to a changing environment

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Adapt

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Mutation

Question 16

Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

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increase in number

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become extinct

Question 17

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?

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Natural Selection

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Evolution

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Variation

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Adaptation

Question 18

When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....

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Extinction

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Adaption

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Fossilization

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Mutation

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects the process of natural selection?

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Fossils

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Overpopulation

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Competition

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Variations

Question 20

Which statement is true about the fossil record?

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It provides evidence for history of life on Earth

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It is a record of all living things

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It shows how our climate has remained the same over time

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It does not support the theory of evolution

Question 21

An organism that no longer exists on Earth is

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extinct

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decayed

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evolved

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preserved

Question 22

The fossil record is most useful for determining

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relatedness of ancient species

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relatedness of species that evolved recently

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whether organisms produce the same proteins

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adaptations in bacteria

Question 23

By examining homologous structures we can infer that

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all of these are true

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these 4 species use these limbs in different ways

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these 4 species likely had a common ancestor

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each of the species adapted to their current environment

Question 24

This image shows that

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two different species may have evolved from a common ancestor.

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These animals have no simliarities in their structures.

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These animals are the same species.

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These animals likely evolved from different ancestors due to their differences.

Question 25

Evolution is called a theory because

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scientific theories are supported by a large amount of evidence

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we are not sure if it is true

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there's not enough evidence yet

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none of these is true

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