Summer week 1 Quiz

What does evolution mean?

Who is NOT associated with the Theory of Evolution?

• Charles Darwin

• Issac Newton

• Alfred Russell Wallace

What is a fossil?

• A recently dead organism

• The preserved in rock remains of ancient organisms.

• A creature with a hard shell.

• A dinosaur

What is the name given to a young animal or plant of the same species?

• offspring

• old spring

• new spring

• baby

What is this a definition of?

The distinguishing features that are specific to a species.

• Inheritance

• Variations

• Characteristics

• Things

Which of these is NOT inherited?

• Ear shape

• Scar

• Eye colour

• Hair colour

What is a habitat?

• A human-made place where a living thing is kept.

• Areas where many different living and non- living things live.

• A specific area where a particular plant or animal lives.

• A large area of land often called a 'county'.

What is this an example of?

• habitat

• environment

• characteristic

• sea-side

Why are adaptive traits important to living things?

• they allow living things to develop super powers

• they decrease the chances of the living things surviving and reproducing

• they allow more people to see living things

• they increase the chances of living things surviving and reproducing

Which animal has this adaptive trait?

Wide feet to help them walk easily on sand.

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