Quiz about Organisms Change over Time-Evidence of Evolution

Question 1

Who was the naturalist/scientist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

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Charles Darwin

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Albert Einstein

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Heather White

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Charles Barkley

Question 2

The gradual change in species over time is called...

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Evolution

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Nucleotide

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Adaptation

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Natural Selection

Question 3

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 4

What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

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Their beaks

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Their feathers

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Genotypes

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Their body sizes

Question 5

Another word for adapt is ____________.

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change

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create

Question 6

Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

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Variation

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Population

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Behavior

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Environment

Question 7

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

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To look different from other species.

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To protect itself against predators.

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To protect itself against prey.

Question 8

What do you call similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor?

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Homologous Structure

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Natural Selection

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Analogous Structure

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Vestigial Structure

Question 9

What do we call structures that no longer perform their original function?

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Vestigial Structure

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Natural Selection

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Analogous Structure

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Homologous Structure

Question 10

What do you call a characteristic that allows an organism to survive in an environment?

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adaptation

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variation

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selection

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overproduction

Question 11

Hibernation is an example of which type of adaptation?

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Behavioral Adaptation

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Physical Adaptation

Question 12

Beak shape, camouflage, and webbed feet are all examples of which type of adaptation?

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Physical Adaptation

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Behavioral Adaptation

Question 13

Brown mice survive and reproduce in their desert environment better than white mice because birds can see and eat the white mice more easily. In this situation, what part of the environment is doing the selecting?

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predator

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soil composition

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mouse fur color

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mating preferences

Question 14

What is speciation?

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A population splits and accumulates different genes in the new groups

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combining of two species to form one with different traits

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Intentional breeding designed to maintain a desired trait

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timing of mating that prevents normal selection

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of artificial selection? (not exactly "natural selection")

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People breeding cows for size and milk production.

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Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.

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Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.

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Male birds of certain species inheriting colorful feathers that are more attractive to females.

Question 16

The pelvic bone of whales is not needed for movement within the water. This is an example of a(n) ______________ structure.

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vestigial

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analogous

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homologous

Question 17

Many different groups of organisms have wings, even though they do not share a recent common ancestor. This is because they evolved in environments with similar selective pressures. Wings are an example of a(n) ______________ structure.

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analogous

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vestigial

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homologous

Question 18

Below are the % similarities of DNA between whales and other species. Based on this, which are whales most closely related to?

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Hippo, 83.4%

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Pig, 68.4%

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Mouse, 38.4%

Question 19

The fossil record help scientists

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all of the answers help scientists

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better understand the kinds of organisms that lived in the past

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better understand how the environment has changed over time

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better understand how organisms have evolved over time

Question 20

What is common ancestry?

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When organisms are descended from a single ancestor

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When a species no longer exists

Question 21

50 million years ago, the Pakicetus had nostrils toward the front of it's skull Gray whales, modern-day descendants of the Pakicetus have nostrils toward the back of the skull. The Aetiocetus lived 25 million years ago, and it's nostril was in the middle of the skull. In this case, the Aetiocetus serves as a ______________.

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transitional fossil showing the connection from one kind of fossil to another

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index fossil or key fossil unlocking a time

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carbonization fossil showing the carbon pressed into the rock

Question 22

Which of the following are homologous (same) structures?

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whale flipper and bat wing

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legs on a beetle and legs on a cat

Question 23

The cave fish and minnow are related to each other but the cave fish is blind and only has the remnants of an eye. What type of structure is this?

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vestigial

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analogous

Question 24

What are examples of vestigial structures in a human?

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appendix, tail bone and wisdom teeth

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liver, kidney and bladder

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heart, lungs and brain

Question 25

_______________, or selective breeding, is one way that humans impact evolution. One example is how we have created so many dog breeds

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Artificial selection

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Homologous structures

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Analogus structures

Question 26

How does embryology support the Theory of Evolution?

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It shows that they have a common ancestor because of their similarities.

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I'm not sure.

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Animals change over time.

Question 27

In stage one (top row) of these embryos, most of the embryos________

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look very similar.

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have very different features.

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show different stages of development.

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have only a tail if they are non-human.

Question 28

According to this cladogram, sharks are MOST closely related to which organism?

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Ray finned fish

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Amphibians

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Crocodiles

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Birds

Question 29

Which two orgainsms have hair?

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Primates & Rodents

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Sharks & Ray Finned Fish

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Birds & Crocodiles

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Rabbits & Birds

Question 30

Two organisms that are closely related would have

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very similar DNA sequence

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exactly the same DNA sequences

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no proteins in common

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completely different DNA sequence

Question 31

Predict which moth would increase in population with dark trees.

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dark

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light

Question 32

The image suggests that whales and hippopotamuses shared a common ancestor. When did these ancestors live?

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50-60 million years ago

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25-35 million years ago

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75 million years ago or more

Question 33

If this land creature was a common ancestor to the whales and dolphins millions of years ago what evidence do we have?

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all of the answers are evidence

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fossils that show "nose" holes from the front of the snout to the top of the head like whales and dolphins

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similar skeleton variation over time

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a vestigial structure of what is a non functioning hip and leg bone

Question 34

Do you think sea wolves in British Columbia, Canada could evolve (change, adapt) to spend more time in the water if food continues to be easier to find in water?

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yes, they will need to adapt and offspring that are born with traits that help hunt in water will continue to mate and survive

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no, they will go extinct

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no, they will go back inland to hunt deer and small mammals

Question 35

Darwin's term "survival of the fittest" actually means _____.

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you fit in or match your environment so you can have a better chance of surviving to pass on your traits to offspring

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you are fit like you workout and are big and muscular

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