Quiz about Evolution Review-2023

Question 1

How does evidence of past environments preserved in rock support the theory of evolution?

Accepted Answer

Explains part of the reason that living things evolve.

Answer

Shows the order in which organisms became extinct.

Answer

Explains how organisms can become fossils.

Answer

Shows which organisms are closely related to each other.

Question 2

What causes living things on Earth to change over time?

Accepted Answer

Natural processes

Answer

Common ancestors

Answer

Relative Dating

Answer

Fossil Record

Question 3

Why are no dinosaur fossils found in rocks that are younger than those formed during the Mesozoic era?

Accepted Answer

Dinosaurs became extinct.

Answer

Dinosaurs stopped fossilizing.

Answer

Dinosaurs evolved into mammals.

Answer

Dinosaurs moved to other areas.

Question 4

What happens to a species when it becomes extinct?

Accepted Answer

No members live to reproduce.

Answer

A few members adapt to a new environment.

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All members evolve into a new species.

Answer

Most members move to a new environment.

Question 5

Fossils are clear evidence that _______ has occured

Accepted Answer

evolution

Answer

something

Answer

change

Question 6

Which organism is MOST closely related to the polar bear according to body structure?

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Answer

B.

Answer

C.

Answer

D.

Question 7

Question 7.

Accepted Answer

Dolphin and Whale

Answer

Dolphin and Penguin

Answer

Shark and Dolphin

Question 8

Which example of similar structures indicates that the species are related?

Accepted Answer

Forelimbs of bats and dogs

Answer

Wings of birds and insects

Answer

Fins of sharks and penguins

Answer

Webbed feet of frogs and ducks

Question 9

How does sexual reproduction increase variation within a species?

Accepted Answer

Causes the genes of two different individuals to mix.

Answer

It copies one parent's genes to make each offspring.

Answer

It changes the trait that a given gene produces.

Answer

It changes the base sequence of an organism's DNA.

Question 10

Why do we look different from our parents?

Accepted Answer

We inherit genes from both father and mother.

Answer

Offspring change the sequence of bases in inherited DNA.

Answer

Offspring receive gene mutations from mother and father.

Answer

Offspring inherit an exact copy of DNA from mother and father.

Question 11

White fur that blends in with snow and black skin that absorbs heat are adaptations for living in a very cold, snowy environment.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 12

Which characteristic would be a good adaptation for escaping predators?

Accepted Answer

Muscular legs and shoulders

Answer

Thick brown fur

Answer

Milk glands

Answer

Big ears

Question 13

Factors that might keep some seeds from becoming plants are other plants block sunlight, lack of adequate soil, and water, and animals eating plants.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 14

Which process is caused by natural selection?

Accepted Answer

Evolution of populations

Answer

Reproduction of individuals

Answer

Genetic mutation

Answer

Population growth

Question 15

Which unit of living organisms does natural selection operate?

Accepted Answer

Individuals

Answer

Species

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Populations

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Communities

Question 16

Mutations in DNA lead to genetic variation within a species which results in new traits being inherited by offspring from their parents.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 17

Sexual reproduction results in offspring that each have a unique set of genes.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 18

Trees often complete for resources. ____________ is a resource all trees need to perform photosynthesis.

Accepted Answer

Sunlight

Answer

Water

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Oxygen

Answer

Nitrogen

Question 19

A lack of which resources is LEAST likely to slow the reproductive rate of bacteria?

Accepted Answer

Light and carbon dioxide

Answer

Light and Food

Answer

Light and Living Space

Question 20

Why is it a good practice by a doctor to NOT always prescribe antibiotics when we get sick?

Accepted Answer

Because bacteria develop variation in the population of the bacteria and become antibiotic resistant.

Answer

Doctors do not like to always write a prescription.

Answer

You may not be "sick enough" to need an antibiotic.

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