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16.3 & 16.4 Quiz Review

Authored by Kenna Kleingartner

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

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16.3 & 16.4 Quiz Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, individuals who survive are the ones best adapted for their environment. Their survival is due to the

possession of adaptations developed through use.

possession of inherited adaptations that maximize fitness.

lack of competition within the species.

choices made by plant and animal breeders.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment

diversity.

fitness.

adaptation.

evolution.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

According to Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the individuals that tend to survive are those that have

characteristics their parents acquired by use and disuse.

characteristics that plant and animal breeders value.

the greatest number of offspring.

variations best suited to environmental conditions.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The hypothesis that all species are descended from common ancestors was proposed by

James Hutton.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Thomas Malthus.

Charles Darwin.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The number and location of bones of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates. This is evidence in support of which of the following concepts?

Lamarck’s tendency towards perfection

common descent

analogous structures

the inheritance of acquired traits

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Biogeography is the study of

where species and their ancestors live.

how extinct species can be related to living species.

how different species can interbreed.

how animals that live in the same area are closely related.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record as

evidence that Earth was thousands of years old.

useful support for his theory.

interesting but unrelated to the evolution of modern species.

evidence that traits are acquired through use or disuse.

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