Quiz about Evolution/Genetics Review

Question 1

Alfred Wegener is known for the Continental Drift Theory, what evidence was not used to help support his theory?

Accepted Answer

Examination of soil

Answer

Evidence of fossils and rock layers

Answer

Shape of continents seem to fit together

Answer

Sea-floor spreading...rock ages (younger near rift...older further away)

Answer

Ancient Climate

Question 2

What type of boundary is it that scrapes/slides past each other, forming earthquakes and the crust is neither created nor destroyed?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Question 3

There are 3 main types of rocks, which type of rock do most fossils form in?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary

Answer

Metamorphic

Answer

Igneous

Question 4

Name the scientist who proposed the idea of the Continental Drift Theory.

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Answer

Albert Einstein

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Charles Darwin

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Jean Bapiste Lamarck

Question 5

Which statement best explains what evolution means?

Accepted Answer

Change overtime; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms

Answer

No change overtime, organisms just appear out of nowhere.

Answer

A belief that they existed millions of years ago made up of all current continents. All continents were stuck together

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A process that organisms are most suited to their environments

Question 6

Earthquakes tell scientist a lot about Earth's history, which statement explains what it tells?

Accepted Answer

Gives a clear picture of how tectonic plates are moving and an insight to the different layers of Earth.

Answer

Doesn't tell us much just that there are layers and possibly plates.

Answer

Give some details but only a few and that there are plates under the Earth's surface.

Answer

None of these statements make sense

Question 7

Mid-ocean ridges are created from this type of boundary where new crust is created.

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

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None of these

Question 8

There are many reason for organisms (both plant and animal) to go extinct, which factor is the most responsible?

Accepted Answer

Environmental changes

Answer

Gene

Answer

Mutation

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Selective Breeding

Answer

Decrease in reproduction

Question 9

A body part that does not seem to play a role in the body functions of an organism and the organism can survive without it. (Ex. wisdom teeth)

Accepted Answer

Vestigial Organ

Answer

Variation

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Adaptation

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Biodiversity

Question 10

The Alps are forming as a result of the European and African plates pushing against each other. What is this an example of ?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 11

In the winter, the fur of an arctic fox is white. In the summer, the fur darkens to brown. What most likely causes the fur to change color?

Accepted Answer

genes

Answer

Amount of sun

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habitat

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age

Question 12

The presence of differences of genes between individual organisms of a species which helps enable natural selection.

Accepted Answer

Genetic Variation

Answer

Environmental Variation

Answer

Neither answer choice

Question 13

The wide variety of different types of organisms that live on Earth is called what?

Accepted Answer

Biodiversity

Answer

Natural Selection

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Biology

Answer

Evolution

Question 14

A strawberry farmer finds that, after a hard freeze, some of his strawberries are still alive. Explain how this could happen, when most of them died.

Accepted Answer

They have different genetic variations that cause them to be more resistant to cold temperatures

Answer

None of these answers

Answer

They have different genetic variations that cause the to be less resistant cold temperature

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They have the same genetic variations that cause them to be less resistant to cold temperatures

Question 15

This boundary destroys the crust by plates colliding into each other, forming volcanoes, mountains, faults, and ocean trenches.

Accepted Answer

Convergent

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Divergent

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Transform

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Neither of these options

Question 16

Scientists think that dolphins and whales may have evolved from a common ancestor. What type of evidence supports this hypothesis

Accepted Answer

They have similar structures or anatomies

Answer

They are both fish

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They look alike

Answer

None of these options

Question 17

Which would indicate that a series of fossils represent the evolution of the horse?

Accepted Answer

All of the fossils show similar structures to that of modern horse.

Answer

All of the fossils were found in the same layers of rocks as horse fossils.

Answer

All of the fossils are completely identical to horse bones.

Answer

All of the fossils were located in the same place on Earth as horses.

Question 18

How do scientists know that some mountains were once at the bottom of the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Marine fossils have been found on the peaks of some mountains.

Answer

Oceans evolved from mountains

Answer

The mountains once had a more rainy climate

Question 19

Who developed the Theory of Natural Selection?

Accepted Answer

Darwin

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Lamarck

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Linnaeus

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Einstein

Question 20

Rigid portions of Earth's crust that move in relation to one another.

Accepted Answer

Theory of Plate Tectonics

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Continental Drift Theory

Answer

Neither answer

Question 21

Genetic traits are passed down. Ex. Mutation may cause a fish tail to curve.

Accepted Answer

Variation

Answer

Mutation

Answer

Evolution

Question 22

True or False. Environmental variation is when there is a change of what an organism looks like of particular genes as response to the environment.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 23

Name the first person to base a system of classification on organisms having similar structures.

Accepted Answer

Linnaeus

Answer

Darwin

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Aristotle

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Einstein

Question 24

Scientist found an organism that has similar features of a modern-day crab . What would help scientists prove that the two organisms are related?

Accepted Answer

Compare the structures of the fossil to a modern-day crab.

Answer

Map the location where the crab fossil was against where a crab today is found

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Record how the plate tectonics have moved since the fossil was created

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Study the composition of the rock in which the fossil was discoverd.

Question 25

What is the best way scientists classify organisms?

Accepted Answer

structure

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gender

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size

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color

Question 26

What would cause an increase in genetic variation in a population of organisms?

Accepted Answer

increase in mutations

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decrease in mutations

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increase in diseases

Answer

decrease in diseases

Question 27

Rock layers, fossils, and ice cores are evidence that show how Earth has done what?

Accepted Answer

Evolved

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Stayed the same

Question 28

What is the best evidence for evolution?

Accepted Answer

Old rock layers with fossils unlike existing organisms

Answer

New rock layers with fossils of simple organisms

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Old rock layers with fossils of complex organisms

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New rock layers with fossils unlike existing organisms

Question 29

How are organisms classified as Eukarya different form organisms classified as Archaea and Bacteria.

Accepted Answer

They all have a membrane-bound nucleus.

Answer

They are multicellular

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They all reproduce sexually

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They all produce their own food

Question 30

What would cause a mass extinct?

Accepted Answer

Organisms not being able to adapt to a changing environment

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Organisms having plenty of food

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Organisms adapting to a changing environment

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Organism have plenty space.

Question 31

The scientific name for a human is Homo Sapien. What two levels of classification does this name represent?

Accepted Answer

genus and species

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kingdom and phylum

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family and order

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phylum and domain

Question 32

Process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully;

Accepted Answer

natural selection

Answer

evolution

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adaptation

Answer

variation

Question 33

Evolve from the same ancestors, similar structures, but their functions are different.

Accepted Answer

Homologous Structures

Answer

Analogous Structures

Question 34

Evolve from different ancestors, different structures, but same function.

Accepted Answer

Analogous Structures

Answer

Homologous structures

Evolution/Genetics Review

35 questions

Alfred Wegener is known for the Continental Drift Theory, what evidence was not used to help support his theory?

What type of boundary is it that scrapes/slides past each other, forming earthquakes and the crust is neither created nor destroyed?

There are 3 main types of rocks, which type of rock do most fossils form in?

Name the scientist who proposed the idea of the Continental Drift Theory.

Which statement best explains what evolution means?

Earthquakes tell scientist a lot about Earth's history, which statement explains what it tells?

Mid-ocean ridges are created from this type of boundary where new crust is created.

There are many reason for organisms (both plant and animal) to go extinct, which factor is the most responsible?

A body part that does not seem to play a role in the body functions of an organism and the organism can survive without it. (Ex. wisdom teeth)

The Alps are forming as a result of the European and African plates pushing against each other. What is this an example of ?

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