Evolution Misconceptions

Is a scientific theory just a guess?

• Yes

• No

True or false: all of the individuals in a population of the same organism are mostly the same

• True

• False

True or false: mutations are sometimes good

• True

• False

Is the number of tall teenagers compared to short teenagers just a random thing?

• True

• False

Is it random that light skinned people are most common in Europe, and dark skinned people are most common in Africa?

• True

• False

Changes in characteristics that help organisms survive happen gradually

• True

• False

These changes happen only to some individuals, not all the individuals

• True

• False

Evolution is a theory about the origin of life. Therefore, religious beliefs and science cannot co-exist.

What do you think about this?

Humans are still evolving into a better organism

• True

• False

Evolution always happens really slowly

• True

• False